SSL in switches

[stephane.pintiaux1]

Hello,

I was wondering if all cisco switches were able to handle ssl ? if licenses are required to do so?

Thank you

Stéphane

[Marvin Rhoads · Accepted solution]

It depends - what do you mean by "handle SSL"?

Can they terminate SSL VPNs - no

Can they secure a management session to the built-in GUI (or using an external management application like Cisco Network Assistant) via SSL - yes, for most modern Cisco switches if configured correctly and if they have the "k9" image type that supports the strong cryptographic algorithms required by most modern browsers.

[stephane.pintiaux1]

Hello Marvin,

thanks for your answer.

indeed i was meaning handling secure management session.

Stéphane

[Marvin Rhoads]

Hi Stephanie,

OK great. You may also be interested in this posting I wrote a while back:

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