Creating and installing a self-signed certificate

  1. Click the radio button for Create and install a self-signed Certificate., and click OK.

  2. Specify or select each item.

    • supplementary explanationThe maximum alphanumeric characters and symbols that can be entered is 63 for organization and the organizational unit, and 127 for the locality and the state/province. For the country code, specify a two-letter country code define by ISO3166.

    • supplementary explanationFor Admin. E-mail Address, enter the e-mail address of the administrator. The address specified in Machine Setting is displayed as default.

    • supplementary explanationThe validity start date cannot be entered.

    • supplementary explanationEnter the validity period. The available range is 1 to 3650.

    • supplementary explanationSelect a type of encryption from the drop-down list. Using the ECDSA encryption (elliptic curve cryptosystem) helps ensure more robust communication security. This function uses a shorter key length for encryption, thereby reducing network load.

  3. Click OK. Clicking Cancel cancels the setting.

  4. Click OK on the setting complete screen.