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USER’S GUIDE
Battery Management System
V
Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Authentication versus encryption 114
Encryption
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Secure SHell (SSH) and Secure CoPy (SCP) 115
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 117
Creating and Installing Digital Certificates
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Purpose 119
Choosing a method for your system 120
Firewalls
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Using the APC Security Wizard--127
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Authentication 127
Files you create for SSL and SSH security 129
Create a Root Certificate & Server Certificates
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Summary 131
The procedure 132
Create a Server Certificate and Signing Request
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Summary 137
The procedure 138
Create an SSH Host Key
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Summary 142
The procedure 142
How to Export Configuration Settings--145
Retrieving and Exporting the .ini file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Summary of the procedure 145
Contents of the .ini file 146
Detailed procedures 147
The event and its error messages 150
Messages in config.ini 151
Errors generated by overridden values 151
Using the Device IP Configuration Wizard
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