Specifying an Authentication Key

You can encrypt communication between your host application and the IzoT Router Layer 5 RNIs, or between your protocol analyzer application and the IzoT Router Protocol Analyzer Layer 2 RNIs.

To encrypt communication, follow these steps:

1. Open the IzoT Router Configuration Web page as described in Configuring the IzoT Router.
   
   
2. Click the RNI/Protocol Analyzer tab.  The following page appears:
   

   

3. Enter a 16-byte authentication key in the RNI Raw MD5 Authentication Key box, or a text secret phrase in the RNI Text Secret Phrase box.
   
   
4. Click Save Configuration.
   
   
5. Click the Features tab. The following tab appears:
   
   
6. Click Update to restart the RNIs with the new key.

To remove an authentication key, follow these steps:

1. Open the IzoT Router Configuration Web page and click the RNI/Protocol Analyzer tab.
   
   
2. Click Reset.
   
   
3. Click the Features tab.
   
   
4. Click Update to restart the RNIs without a key.