User Manual Part 2

Using the EAP Authenticator
Chapter 13: Setting Your Security Policy 397
The certificate can be any of the following:
 A self-signed certificate generated by the Safe@Office appliance, version
8.0 or later.
If a self-signed certificate is installed on the appliance, but was generated by
an earlier firmware version, you must generate a new certificate. For
instructions on generating a self-signed certificate, see Generating a
Certificate on page 621.
 A certific
ate r
eceived from the Service Center.
c. Export the Safe@Office appliance's CA certificate.
See Exporting the Safe@Office Appliance CA Certificate on page 630.
d. For each client that should be allowed to connect to t
h
e Safe@Office
appliance, add a user with Network Access permissions to the local user
database.
See Adding and Editing Users on page 643.
e. Provide each of the users with the authentication credentials you
configured fo
r them
.
2. Configure each wireless client as follows:
a. Configure the client for server authentication.
See Configuring Clients for Server Authentication on Wired Connections on
page 401.
b. Install the Safe@Office appliance's CA
certificate as a trusted root CA.
See Installing the Safe@Office Appliance's CA Certificate on Clients on page
403.
3. Connect the client directly
to the port
, and enter the Network Access user's
authentication credentials when prompted.