Managing Mutual Authentication

Note: **ne - Substitute olt for ne for the OLT2> on the CLI command path.

Typically, by default, SSL connections only validate the identity of the server, but not the client connecting to it.  Turning on Mutual Authentication will cause the OLT to validate the EMS certificate and identity to ensure that it is correct.  The OLT must have the anchor certificate installed to properly connect to the OLT.   

• Command Path - ne security mutual-auth
• Command Path - olt security mutual-auth
• Action - 
  • mutual-auth- enable/disable mutual authentication
  • disable - turn off mutual authentication
    • enable - turn on mutual authentication
    • show - show the mutual authentication state  
  • shell - Prompt to a shell

To show the current status of the mutual-auth enter the following:

1. From the ESUx> command line, input **ne security mutual-auth show, and press Enter. Output similar to the following is displayed:  

   ESUx> **ne security mutual-auth show <enter> Mutual Authentication Enabled -SSLAuthenticate=CLIENT ESUx _

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