red lion SN-66 series Software Manual

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Revised 2017-08-31 Services TabDrawing No. LP0997-C SSL ConnectionsSixnet ® Series SN/RAM ® 6000 & RAM 9000 Software Manual - 131 -3.5.8 SSL ConnectionsThe SSL Connections menu item is used to configure the Red Lion RTU or router to either act as a Secure SocketLayer (SSL) Client to receive certificates or as an SSL Server to issue certificates. The SSL Connections tab issub-sectioned into the SSL Client and the SSL Server.SSL ClientThe SSL Client menu item is used to configure the Red Lion RTU or router to be a SSL client and receive acertificate of authorization from an SSL server to authenticate connections for secure communications.Click on the SSL Client menu item and the following dialog window appears:Enable SSL: Select Yes to configure SSL client/server. Select No and then the Apply button to disable SSL.Select Activity Log Level: This option controls the logging level for SSL Connection activity. Therecommended setting for a production environment is: Summary. For a test environment: Full.Wait for Connection (sec.): Time (in seconds) allowed after sending SYN packets, to wait for SYN-ACK. Therecommended setting for this field is 20 seconds.Idle Timeout (min): Time (in minutes) allowed for no traffic over an SSL connection, before closing down thelink. The recommended setting for this field is 720 (minutes).Enable Advance Setup: Select Yes to modify advanced SSL options.Bind Interface for accepting TCP Connections: This will restrict the unencrypted listening socket to allowconnections coming into the specified interface only. The recommended setting for this field is Any.