Encrypting IPP Authentication

This section explains how to encrypt IPP authentication.

If you activate IPP authentication, you can control which users can access this printer by IPP. Only users whose user names and passwords have been registered for IPP access will be able to access this printer by IPP.

There are two types of IPP authentication.

BASIC

Users whose user names and passwords match those registered on the printer are allowed to print documents.

With this method, user names and passwords are not encrypted when sent to printer for authentication.

DIGEST

Users whose user names and passwords match those registered on the printer are allowed to print documents.

With this method, user names and passwords are encrypted when sent to printer for authentication.

To prevent leakage of sensitive data and unauthorized tampering, we recommend you apply DIGEST IPP authentication.

For details about how to configure IPP authentication, contact your administrator.