Cisco Systems OL-16647-01 Switch User Manual


 
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Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide
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Chapter 33 Configuring Certificates
Identity Certificates Authentication
Issued to— Displays the X.500 fields of the subject DN or certificate owner and their values. This
applies only to available status.
Issued by—Displays the X.500 fields of the entity granting the certificate. This applies only to
available status.
Delete an Identity Certificate
The Delete button immediately removes the selected Identity Certificate configuration from the security
appliance. Once you delete a certificate configuration, it cannot be restored; to recreate the deleted
certificate, use the Add button to reenter the certificate configuration information from the beginning
Note Once you delete a certificate configuration, it cannot be restored.
Export an Identity Certificate
The Export panel lets you export a certificate configuration with all associated keys and certificates in
PKCS12 format, which must be in base64 format. An entire configuration includes the entire chain (root
CA certificate, identity certificate, key pair) but not enrollment settings (subject name, FQDN and so
on). This feature is commonly used in a failover or load-balancing configuration to replicate certificates
across a group of security appliances; for example, remote access clients calling in to a central
organization that has several units to service the calls. These units must have equivalent certificate
configurations. In this case, an administrator can export a certificate configuration and then import it
across the group of security appliances.
Export Identity Certificate Fields
Export to a file—Specify the name of the PKCS12-format file to use in exporting the certificate
configuration;
Certificate Format—Click PKCS12 format, the public key cryptography standard, which can be
base64 encoded or hexadecimal, or click PEM format.
Browse—Display the Select a File dialog box that lets you navigate to the file to which you
want to export the certificate configuration.
Encryption Passphrase—Specify the passphrase used to encrypt the PKCS12 file for export.
Confirm Passphrase—Verify the encryption passphrase.
Export Certificate—Export the certificate configuration.
Modes
The following table shows the modes in which this feature is available:
Firewall Mode Security Context
Routed Transparent Single
Multiple
Context System
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