The Install Root Certificate page allows you to install the security certificate that contains the Avaya digital signature. The security certificate with the Avaya digitial signature prevents unauthorized users from intercepting and viewing passwords and other sensitive information.
The Root Certificate establishes Avaya Inc. as a trusted Certificate Authority (CA). You must install the Root Certificate after you log in.
Warning You must install a CA certificate as a Root Certificate.
If you do not install the Root Certificate you will get a Security Alert stating that the company is not trusted.
Procedure
- Log on to the Messaging System Management Interface. For more information, see Logging in to Messaging.
- On the Administration menu, click .
- On the Install Root Certificate page, click Install.
- In the File Download - Security Warning dialog box, click Save.
- Select a location, and save the avayaRootCert.cer file.
- Navigate to the avayaRootCert.cer file location and, double-click it.
- In the Open File - Security Warning dialog box, click Open.
- From the General tab in the Certificate dialog box, click Install Certificate....
- Accept all the default settings in the Certificate Import Wizard, and click Finish.
Note In this guide, the root certificate name, avayaRootCert.cer, is an example. The user must define the root certificate name.