Overview
If you do not have a server functioning as a certificate authority, install a Xerox Device Certificate on the printer
When you create a Xerox Device Certificate, the printer generates a certificate, signs it, and creates a public key used in SSL encryption
After you install a Xerox Device Certificate on the printer, install the Device Root Certificate Authority in any device that communicates with the printer
Examples of other devices include client Web browsers for HTTPS or a RADIUS authentication server for 802.1X.
When the Device Root Certificate Authority is installed:
Creating a Certificate
Deleting a Certificate
Users can access the printer using the Embedded Web Server
Certificate warning messages do not appear
Note:
Creating a Xerox Device Certificate is less secure than creating a certificate signed by a trusted certificate authority.
In the Embedded Web Server, log in as administrator, then click
System > Security
.
In the Certificates area, click
Security Certificates
.
Click
Create
.
Click
Create Self-Signed Certificate
.
Click
Hash Algorithm
, then select an option.
Click
Public Key Length
, then select an option.
For Issuer, type the host name for the printer.
For Validity Period, type the number of days that the new certificate is valid.
Click
Close
.
In the Embedded Web Server, log in as administrator, then click
System > Security
.
In the Certificates area, click
Security Certificates.
In the lower part of the Security Certificates window, click to select a certificate from the list
If you want to select all certificates in the list, click
Select/Clear All.
Click
Delete
.
Click
Close.