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Specifying an Authentication Key

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.

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