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Chapter 50 Certificates
ISG50 User’s Guide
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 256 Configuration > Object > Certificate > My Certificates > Add
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Name Type a name to identify this certificate. You can use up to 31 alphanumeric
and ;‘~!@#$%^&()_+[]{}’,.=-
characters.
Subject Information Use these fields to record information that identifies the owner of the
certificate. You do not have to fill in every field, although you must specify a
Host IP Address, Host Domain Name, or E-Mail. The certification
authority may add fields (such as a serial number) to the subject information
when it issues a certificate. It is recommended that each certificate have
unique subject information.
Select a radio button to identify the certificate’s owner by IP address, domain
name or e-mail address. Type the IP address (in dotted decimal notation),
domain name or e-mail address in the field provided. The domain name or e-
mail address is for identification purposes only and can be any string.
A domain name can be up to 255 characters. You can use alphanumeric
characters, the hyphen and periods.
An e-mail address can be up to 63 characters. You can use alphanumeric
characters, the hyphen, the @ symbol, periods and the underscore.
Organizational Unit Identify the organizational unit or department to which the certificate owner
belongs. You can use up to 31 characters. You can use alphanumeric
characters, the hyphen and the underscore.
Organization Identify the company or group to which the certificate owner belongs. You
can use up to 31 characters. You can use alphanumeric characters, the
hyphen and the underscore.
Town (City) Identify the town or city where the certificate owner is located. You can use
up to 31 characters. You can use alphanumeric characters, the hyphen and
the underscore.
State, (Province) Identify the state or province where the certificate owner is located. You can
use up to 31 characters. You can use alphanumeric characters, the hyphen
and the underscore.
Country Identify the nation where the certificate owner is located. You can use up to
31 characters. You can use alphanumeric characters, the hyphen and the
underscore.
Key Type Select RSA to use the Rivest, Shamir and Adleman public-key algorithm.
Select DSA to use the Digital Signature Algorithm public-key algorithm.
Key Length Select a number from the drop-down list box to determine how many bits
the key should use (512 to 2048). The longer the key, the more secure it is.
A longer key also uses more PKI storage space.
Enrollment Options These radio buttons deal with how and when the certificate is to be
generated.
Create a self-signed
certificate
Select this to have the ISG50 generate the certificate and act as the
Certification Authority (CA) itself. This way you do not need to apply to a
certification authority for certificates.
Create a certification
request and save it
locally for later
manual enrollment
Select this to have the ISG50 generate and store a request for a certificate.
Use the My Certificate Details screen to view the certification request and
copy it to send to the certification authority.
Copy the certification request from the My Certificate Details screen (see
Section 50.2.2 on page 651) and then send it to the certification authority.