Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 System Manual page 50

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4.9 Secure operation of CPUs
3. In the "Trusted servers" area, specify whether the connected syslog server is to be
authenticated. In this case, it is necessary to complete the following information:
– Add trusted server: Add a valid server certificate in the "Common name of subject"
– Automatically accept certificates during runtime: Activate the "Automatically accept
Result: You have configured the server authentication.
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server certificates during runtime" option. Editing in the table is then not possible.
Note
No authentication with automatically accepted server certificates
If you enable the "Automatically accept server certificates during runtime" option, a
server does not need to authenticate itself. This means that the CPU can also connect
to unknown servers that could represent a security risk.
Only select this option during commissioning or in a protected environment.
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