VeriFone V200c Reference Manual page 36

F A
ILE UTHENTICATION
Introduction to File Authentication
SPONSOR
SIGNER
CERTIFICATE
36
V200 R
C EFERENCE
Certificate Request Process
In this process:
1
A sponsor connects to the Verifone CA Web site and requests certificates for
deployment terminals.
2
Based on information provided by the sponsor through the Verifone CA Web
site, the Verifone CA determines the required certificate structure.
3
Verifone CA generates the following items for the sponsor:
a
Smart card containing a set of certificates and private key.
b
Smart card PIN.
4
Verifone CA sends the smart card and smart card PIN to the sponsor.
5
The sponsor uses the smart card and smart card PIN as inputs for the
deployment process.
This process is presented below:
REQUESTS
CERTIFICATES FOR
DEPLOYMENT
PINpad FROM
VERIFONE CA WEB
SITE.
VERIFONE CA
GENERATES A SET
OF CERTIFICATES
FOR THE SPONSOR.
SIGNER SMART CARD
SPONSOR
CERTIFICATE
SMART
CARD
PIN
Figure 4 Certificate Request Process
G
UIDE
VERIFONE CA
DETERMINES
VERIFONE CA
WEB SITE
CERTIFICATE
STRUCTURE.
SIGNER
PRIVATE KEY
REQUIRED
DEPLOYMENT
SPONSOR
PROCESS