If set to “Force”, the applet tries to make an encrypted connection.
An error will be reported in case connection establishment fails.
5.5.4 Certificate
The IKVM-8000 uses the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol for any encrypted
network traffic between itself and a connected client. During the connection
establishment the IKVM-8000 has to expose its identity to a client using a
cryptographic certificate. Upon delivery, this certificate and the underlying secret
key is the same for all IKVM-8000 ever produced and certainly will not match the
network configuration that will be applied to the IKVM-8000 by its user. The
certificate's underlying secret key is also used for securing the SSL handshake.
Hence, this is a security risk (but far better than no encryption at all).
However, it is possible to generate and install a new certificate that is unique for a
particular IKVM-8000. In order to do that, the IKVM-8000 is able to generate a new
cryptographic key and the associated Certificate Signing Request (CSR) that
needs to be certified by a certification authority (CA). A certification authority
verifies that you are the person who you claim you are, and signs and issues a SSL
certificate to you.
The following steps are necessary to create and install a SSL certificate for the
IKVM-8000:
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