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b. Before you can enable SSL, a valid SSL certificate must be in place.
c. To use SSL, you must configure a client Web browser to use SSL3 or TLS.
Older export-grade browsers with only SSL2 support cannot be used.
3. In the SSL Server Certificate Management area, select Generate a New Key
and a Self-signed Certificate . A page similar to the one in the following
illustration is displayed.
4. Type the information in the required fields and any optional fields that apply to
your configuration. For a description of the fields, see “Required certificate data”
on page 57. After you finish typing the information, click Generate Certificate .
Your new encryption keys and certificate are generated. This process might take
several minutes.
A page similar to the one in the following illustration is displayed and you can
see that a self-signed certificate is installed.
Generating a certificate-signing request
To generate a new private encryption key and certificate-signing request, complete
the following steps:
1. In the navigation pane, click Security .
2. In the SSL Server Configuration for Web Server area, make sure that the SSL
server is disabled. If it is not disabled, select Disabled in the SSL Server field
and then click Save .
3. In the SSL Server Certificate Management area, select Generate a New Key
and a Certificate-Signing Request . A page similar to the one in the following
illustration is displayed.
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