Configuring A Pki Domain - HP 3600 v2 Series Configuration Manual

Step
4. Configure the country code
for the entity.
5. Configure the FQDN for the
entity.
6. Configure the IP address for
the entity.
7. Configure the locality for the
entity.
8. Configure the organization
name for the entity.
9. Configure the unit name for
the entity.
10. Configure the state or
province for the entity.
NOTE:
The Windows 2000 CA server has some restrictions on the data length of a certificate request. If the entity
DN in a certificate request goes beyond a certain limit, the server will not respond to the certificate request.

Configuring a PKI domain

Before requesting a PKI certificate, an entity needs to be configured with some enrollment information,
which is referred to as a PKI domain. A PKI domain is only intended for convenient reference by
applications like SSL, and only has local significance. A PKI domain configured on a switch is invisible
to the CA and other switches, and each PKI domain has its own parameters.
A PKI domain defines these parameters:
Trusted CA—An entity requests a certificate from a trusted CA.
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Entity—A certificate applicant uses an entity to provide its identity information to a CA.
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• RA—Generally, an independent RA is in charge of certificate request management. It receives the
registration request from an entity, examines its qualification, and determines whether to ask the CA
to sign a digital certificate. The RA only examines the application qualification of an entity; it does
not issue any certificate. Sometimes, the registration management function is provided by the CA,
in which case no independent RA is required. It is a good practice to deploy an independent RA.
URL of the registration server—An entity sends a certificate request to the registration server
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through Simple Certification Enrollment Protocol (SCEP), a dedicated protocol for an entity to
communicate with a CA. This URL is also called the certificate request URL.
Polling interval and count—After an applicant makes a certificate request, the CA might need a
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long period of time if it verifies the certificate request manually. During this period, the applicant
Command
country country-code-str
fqdn name-str
ip ip-address
locality locality-name
organization org-name
organization-unit org-unit-name
state state-name
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Remarks
Optional.
No country code is specified by
default.
Optional.
No FQDN is specified by default.
Optional.
No IP address is specified by
default.
Optional.
No locality is specified by default.
Optional.
No organization is specified by
default.
Optional.
No unit is specified by default.
Optional.
No state or province is specified by
default.