Managing your network machine securely using SSL/TLS

To manage your network machine securely, you need to use the management utilities with security protocols.

Secure Management using Web Based Management (web browser)

We recommend using HTTPS and SNMPv3 protocol for secure management. To use these protocols, the following machine settings are required.

Note

The HTTPS protocol is enabled by default.

You can change the HTTPS protocol settings on the Web Based Management screen, by clicking Network, Protocol and then HTTP Server Settings.

Start your web browser.

Type “https://Common Name/” into your browser. (Where “Common Name” is the Common Name that you assigned for the certificate, such as an IP address, node name or domain name. For how to assign a Common Name for the certificate, see Using Certificates for device security.)

•	For example: https://192.168.1.2/ (if the Common Name is the machine’s IP address)

No password is required by default. Enter a password if you have set one and press

You can now access the machine using HTTPS.

If you use the SNMPv3 protocol, follow the steps below.

Note

You can also change the SNMP settings by using BRAdmin Professional 3.

Click Network.

Click Protocol.

Make sure that the SNMP setting is enabled, and then click Advanced Setting of SNMP.

You can configure the SNMP settings from the screen below.

We have three SNMP connection modes of operation.

•	SNMP v1/v2c read-write access In this mode the scan server uses version 1 and version 2c of the SNMP protocol. You can use all Brother applications under this mode. However, it is not secure since it will not authenticate the user and the data will not be encrypted.

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SNMPv3 read-write access and v1/v2c read-only access

In this mode the scan server uses the read-write access of version 3 and the read-only access of version 1 and version 2c of the SNMP protocol.

Note

When you use the SNMPv3 read-write access and v1/v2c read-only access mode, some Brother applications (e.g. BRAdmin Light) that access to the scan server do not work properly since they authorize the read-only access of version 1 and version 2c. If you want to use all applications, use the SNMP v1/v2c read-write access mode.

•	SNMPv3 read-write access With this mode the scan server uses version 3 of the SNMP protocol. If you want to manage the scan server securely, use this mode.

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When you use the SNMPv3 read-write access mode, please note the following.

•	You can manage the scan server by using BRAdmin Professional 3 or Web Based Management only.
•	Except for BRAdmin Professional 3, all applications that use SNMPv1/v2c will be restricted. To allow the use of SNMPv1/v2c applications, use SNMPv3 read-write access and v1/v2c read-only access or SNMP v1/v2c read-write access mode.

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For more information, see the Help text in Web Based Management.

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