Certificates verify the authenticity of the AirDefense appliance. They can prevent hijacking of sessions between your browser and the AirDefense appliance, and can even alert you to physical replacement of the AirDefense appliance. Certificates install into the AirDefense appliance and are sent by the appliance directly to your browser.
Important
AirDefense recommends using a security certificate for every AirDefense appliance in your network. Furthermore, we recommend that you replace the pre-installed security certificate from AirDefense with either a self-signed certificate or a root-signed certificate.AirDefense supports the X.509 ITU-T (ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector) standard for certificates. The supported encryption key lengths are 2048, 4096, and 8192. More information about the X.509 ITU-T standard can be found by searching the Internet.
Use the Certificate feature to view and create security certificates for the AirDefense appliance, and to perform other certificate-related tasks, such as installing certificates. You must be an Admin User to use this feature. You can access the iCertificates feature by following these steps: