PRINTER SECURITY HOLE: HP printer Web Services won't connect using HTTPS regardless of the setting

[ScottAlbrecht]

I use the printer's built-in web server exclusively for scanning.    However, this printer will not connect using a secure HTTPS connection.   I've changed the HTTPS Redireciton setting from "Do Not Redirect to HTTPS" to "Redirect to HTTPS" with the encryptioin strength set to high.   

This has no effect.  I've tried turning off the printer and turning it back on.   I've also upgraded the printer firrmware.

[ScottAlbrecht · Accepted solution]

OK, so it is now connecting via https.    The issue now is the certificate is not signed by a Certificate Authority which you can read about in another post.   

I'm a quick study but haven't had to deal with certs before so I'm dangerous at best currently.    

From my preliminary research, this doesn't look like an easy problem to solve.   Ideally, there would be a way for HP to provide some sort of generic certificate that works around the security warnings.    I know I can suppress the warnings but that to me seems like bad practice and would have to be done for each computer.    I could self-sign but I'm not sure that does any good for the other computers using the printer on the network either.    The printer isn't attached to a domain so it appears I can't do the steps typically outlined for creating a certificate for a website.

More research needed.   But the original issue is solved.

[ScottAlbrecht]

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