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OK, I configured and installed our Xserve last year. I don't recall anything special that I did to create this certificate. Our server is acting just as a file server, with no outside access, no web, no mail. The only services I have running are: AFP / NetBoot / Open Directory / Print / SMB / Software update.<br />
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Questions: is there really a need to renew or recreate one? What would happen if I don't?<br />
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If &nbsp;I have to renew, is it as simply selecting the gear (in Server Admin,name of server,Certificates)a<br />
&nbsp;and choosing &quot;Replace Certificate With Signed Or Renewed Certificate.....)
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OK, I configured and installed our Xserve last year. I don't recall anything special that I did to create this certificate. Our server is acting just as a file server, with no outside access, no web, no mail. The only services I have running are: AFP / NetBoot / Open Directory / Print / SMB / Software update.

Questions: is there really a need to renew or recreate one? What would happen if I don't?

If  I have to renew, is it as simply selecting the gear (in Server Admin,name of server,Certificates)a
 and choosing "Replace Certificate With Signed Or Renewed Certificate.....)

How to create or renew a self signed root certificate on an Intel Mac X serve

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Apple devices including Macs, iPhones, iPods and iPad support standard wired and wireless networking technologies, but they also utilize custom applications and some special techniques for networking with each other and with non-Apple devices. Apple manufacturers the AirPort line of wireless networking products, and has its own networking protocols, AppleTalk and AFP (Apple Filing Protocol).

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