Obtaining A Certificate From Verisign* Or Other Authority; Procedure - HP P4518A - Traffic Management Server Sa7150 User Manual

C H A P T E R 3
Obtaining a
Certificate
from VeriSign*
or Other
Authority
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To paste an item (key, certificate signing request, etc.) into
HyperTerminal*:
1. Display the item in the appropriate application window, then
click and drag to select the item.
2. Once the item is selected, click the Edit menu and select Copy
(or type <ctrl-c>).
3. Move to the HyperTerminal* window, and position the cursor at
the appropriate point.
4. Pull down the Edit menu, and select Paste to Host (or type
<ctrl-v>).
Use the create key command to create your key and the create sign
command to create a signing request to be sent to VeriSign* or other
certificate authority for authentication. The certificate authority will
return it in approximately one to five days. After you have received
the certificate, use the import cert command to import it into the
SA7150.
The fields input to create a signing request are called collectively a
Distinguished Name (DN). For optimal security, one or more fields
must be modified to make the DN unique.

Procedure

Create a key.
1. Type the create key command at the prompt.
HP SA7150> create key
Key strength (512/1024) [512]:
New keyID [001]: 002
Keypair was created for keyID: 002
2. Create a Certificate Signing Request.
HP SA7150> create sign 002
You are about to be asked to enter
information that will be incorporated into
your certificate request. The "common name"
must be unique. For other fields, you could
use default values.