Encryption and Digital Signature Settings
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Encryption and Digital Signature Settings
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Encryption and Digital Signature Overview
Types of Certificate
To use the Encryption feature and the Signature feature on the machine, a certificate is
required.
The following two types of device certificate can be used on the machine:
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A certificate issued by another CA
When you use a certificate issued by another CA, import the certificate using CentreWare
Internet Services.
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When you use a certificate issued by another CA, import the certificates of all the CAs included in the path of
the certificate to be used.
The certificates meeting the following standards can be imported.
- X.509 Certificate (DER/PEM) (except for device certificates)
- PKCS#7 (DER) (except for device certificates)
- PKCS#12 (DER) (device certificates)
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For more information on how to import a certificate, refer to the help of CentreWare Internet Services.
The following shows the device certificates corresponding to the types of encryption,
certificate conditions that can be set according to the types of encryption, and how to
check the certificate settings on Windows.
Device certificates corresponding to the types of encryption
*1 : Available when [IKE Authentication Method] is set to [Authenticate by Digital Signature].
*2 : XPS stands for XML Paper Specification.
Self-Signed Certificate Certificate Issued by
Another CA
Encrypting HTTP
communicationsfrom a client to the
machine(SSL/TLS server)
OO
Encrypting HTTP communications
from the machine to a remote server
(SSL/TLS client)
XO
Encryption using IPsec X
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*1
E-mail encryption/digital signature X O
PDF signature/DocuWorks signature/
XPS
*2
signature
OO
O: Available
: Set as necessary
X: Not available