Axis 242S IV User Manual

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41AXIS 242S IV - System optionsNotes: •If the referrals feature is enabled and you wish to also allow normal access to the Live Viewpage, the product's own IP address or host name must be added to the list of allowed referrers.•Restricting referrers has no effect on an MPEG-4 video stream. To restrict an MPEG-4 stream, IPaddress filtering must be enabled.•Restricting referrers is of greatest value when not using IP address filtering. If IP address filter-ing is used, then the allowed referrers are automatically restricted to those allowed IPaddresses.HTTPSFor greater security, the AXIS 242S IV can be configured to use HTTPS (Hypertext TransferProtocol over SSL (Secure Socket Layer)). That is, all communication that would otherwisego via HTTP will instead go via an encrypted HTTPS connection.Certificate - to use HTTPS for communication with the AXIS 242S IV, a Certificate mustbe created using one of these methods:• A self-signed certificate can be created in the video server, but this does not guar-antee the same level of security as an official certificate.• An official certificate issued by a CA (Certificate Authority). A CA issues andmanages security credentials and public keys for message encryption.1. Click either Create self-signed certificate or Create Certificate Request and enterthe required information in the provided fields2. Click OK.3. Create self-signed certificate generates and installs a certificate which will bedisplayed under Installed Certificate.Create Certificate Request generates a PEM formatted request which you copyand send to a CA for signing. When the signed certificate is returned, click Installsigned certificate... to install the certificate in the AXIS 242S IV.4. Set the HTTPS Connection Policy for the administrator, Operator and Viewer toenable HTTPS connection (set to HTTP by default)Please refer to the home page of your preferred CA for information on where to send therequest etc. For more information, please see the online helpDate & timeCurrent server time - displays the current date and time (24h clock). The time can bedisplayed in 12h clock format in overlay images.New server time - Select your time zone from the drop-down list and check the daylightsaving time changes, if desired.