[EAS] IMPORTANT note regarding digital certificates and the rescheduled National EAS/WEA test (now 10/3)

[Ed Czarnecki]

Important:  since FEMA has rescheduled the upcoming national EAS test to
10/3, please note that this date is AFTER the expiration of some
intermediary digital certificates used for validating IPAWS OPEN messaging.

 

-        If your EAS unit validates digital signatures, then please make
sure you get those new certs installed by or before 3 October.  Otherwise,
the CAP NPT message may not be processed properly.

-        If you are using a DASDEC or One-Net, a field service bulletin and
CA file are available from the Digital Alert Systems website at
www.digitalalertsystems.com/resources_fsb.html    The CA file is a simple
file to upload if you are running v2.6 or higher (and btw, you really should
be at v3.0 or higher).  

 

Again, a current  IPAWS digital certificate will expire on Monday, September
24, 2018.  To ensure a successful NPT test on the rescheduled date of
October 4th, you must install the updated CA file.  Otherwise CAP alert
messages may not be authenticated after September 24th (and not just the NPT
- all CAP messages using that intermediary cert).

 

On the bright side, this gives a few more weeks for the public to get a
better explanation of WEA and the joint EAS/WEA test on 10/3.

 

Ed

 

 

 

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Ed Czarnecki

Senior Director - Strategy and Government Affairs.

585-765-2254 ext 122 | fax 585-765-9330
Reston VA | Lyndonville NY
 <http://www.digitalalertsystems.com/> www.digitalalertsystems.com 

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