Wavelink Avalanche Site Edition Java Console User Guide
Wavelink Avalanche Site Edition Java Console User Guide
Wavelink Avalanche Site Edition Java Console User Guide
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Appendix A: SSL Certificates 182<br />
Appendix A: SSL Certificates<br />
The <strong>Avalanche</strong> Web <strong>Console</strong> uses Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http) by<br />
default, which is not encrypted. If you want your information to be<br />
encrypted, you can configure <strong>Avalanche</strong> to use https with an SSL certificate<br />
instead.<br />
If you intend to use <strong>Avalanche</strong> with an SSL certificate for a secure connection,<br />
you have the options of purchasing a certificate through a third‐party<br />
Certificate Authority (such as Verisign), or creating a self‐signed certificate.<br />
NOTE If you create a self‐signed certificate, web browsers will not initially<br />
recognize the certificate and will display warning messages that the site is not<br />
trusted. They may require you to make an exception in order to connect to the<br />
enterprise server. The connection will be encrypted, however.<br />
This section contains instructions for the following tasks:<br />
• Implementing a Certificate from a Certificate Authority<br />
• Implementing a Self‐Signed Certificate<br />
Implementing a Certificate from a Certificate Authority<br />
You can choose to use <strong>Avalanche</strong> with a certificate from a Certificate<br />
Authority. Note that the following instructions are based upon acquiring a<br />
certificate through the certificate authority, Verisign. The steps may vary<br />
somewhat when using another certificate authority vendor.<br />
<strong>Wavelink</strong> strongly recommends that you backup the keystore file, the actual<br />
certificate file, the intermediate certificate, the certificate request, and the<br />
server.xml document after you have implemented your certificate. This<br />
would include the following files:<br />
• amckeystore.keystore<br />
• [your certificate].cer<br />
• intermediateCA.cer<br />
• certreq.csr