Requesting A Certificate - HP 5920 Series Configuration Manual

Step
10. Specify the key pair for
certificate request.
11. (Optional.) Specify the
extended application
of the certificate.
12. Specify the source IP
address for the PKI
protocol packets.

Requesting a certificate

To request a certificate, a PKI entity must provide its identity information and public key to a CA.
A certificate request can be submitted to a CA in offline or online mode.
• Offline mode—A certificate request is submitted by an out-of-band means, such as phone, disk, or
email. You can use this mode as required or if you fail to request a certificate in online mode.
To submit a certificate request in offline mode:
Use pki request-certificate domain pkcs10 to print the request information on the terminal or
a.
use pki request-certificate domain pkcs10 filename to save the request information to a local
file.
Send the printed information or the saved file to the CA by an out-of-band means to submit the
b.
request.
Online mode—A certificate request can be automatically or manually submitted. The following
•
sections describe the online request mode.
Command
•
Specify an RSA key pair:
public-key rsa { { encryption name
encryption-key-name [ length
key-length ] | signature name
signature-key-name [ length
key-length ] } * | general name
key-name [ length key-length ] }
•
Specify an ECDSA key pair:
public-key ecdsa name key-name
•
Specify a DSA key pair:
public-key dsa name key-name
[ length key-length ]
usage { ssl-client | ssl-server } *
•
Specify the source IPv4 address for the
PKI protocol packets:
source ip { ip-address | interface
{interface-type interface-number }
•
Specify the source IPv6 address for the
PKI protocol packets:
source ipv6 { ipv6-address | interface
{ interface-type interface-number }}
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Remarks
Use at least one command.
By default, no key pair is specified.
You can specify a non-existing key
pair, which is generated during the
certificate application.
For information about how to
generate DSA, ECDSA, and RSA
key pairs, see "Managing public
keys."
By default, the certificate is for all
extended applications, including
SSL clients and SSL server.
The extension of a certificate
depends on the certificate user,
and it is not limited by PKI.
The extension options contained in
an issued certificate depend on the
CA policy, and they might be
different from those specified in the
PKI domain.
Required if the CA policy defines
the CA server to accept requests
from a specific IP address or
subnet.
Use one of the commands.
By default, the source IP address is
the outgoing interface IP address of
the route to the CA.