Appendix F-Secure Communication Mode
Polycom, Inc.
F-3
Purchasing and Installing a Certificate
Once a certificate is purchased and received it is stored in the RMX and used for all
subsequent secured connections. For more information see the
Ultra Secure Mode
chapter,
"
Adding Certificates to the Certificate Repository”
on page
1-6
.
Creating/Modifying System Flags
The following
System Flags
in
system.cfg
control secure communications.
•
RMX_MANAGEMENT_SECURITY_PROTOCOL
•
EXTERNAL_DB_PORT
Table F-2,
below, lists both flags and their settings.
If the
System Flag
,
RMX_MANAGEMENT_SECURITY_PROTOCOL
does not exist in the system, it
must be created by using the
Setup
menu.
For more information see "
Modifying System Flags”
on page
21-1
.
The RMX must be restarted for modified flag settings to take effect.
Enabling Secure Communication Mode
After the SSL/TLS Certificate is installed, secure communications are enabled by modifying
the properties of the
Management Network
in the
Management Network
properties dialog box.
When
Secure Communications Mode
is enabled:
•
Only
https://
commands from the browser to the
Control Unit IP Address
of the
RMX are accepted.
•
The RMX listens only on secured port 443.
•
All connection attempts on port 80 are rejected.
•
A secure communication indicator ( ) is displayed in the browser’s status bar.
To enable secure communications mode:
1
In the
RMX Management
pane, click
IP Network Services.
2
In the
IP Network Services
list pane, double-click the
Management Network
entry.
3
Click the
Security
tab.
Certificates are deleted when an administrator performs a
Restore Factory Defaults
with the
Comprehensive Restore
option selected.
Table F-2
System Flags
Flag
Description
RMX_MANAGEMENT_S
ECURITY_PROTOCOL
Enter the protocol to be used for secure communications.
Default: TLSV1_SSLV3 (both)..
EXTERNAL_DB_PORT
The external database server port used by the RMX to send and
receive XML requests/responses.
For secure communications set the value to 443.
Default: 5005.
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