Creating Your Own Certificate - Novell GROUPWISE 7 - SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Manual

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If you do not want to provide a default for a certain field, insert a comment character (#) in front of
that line. Name the file gwcsrgen.cnf. Save the file in the same directory where the utility is
installed:
Linux: /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/bin
Windows: \grpwise\software\admin\utility\gwcsrgen
71.2.3 Submitting the Certificate Signing Request to a
Certificate Authority
To obtain a server certificate, you can submit the Certificate Signing Request
(server_name.csr file) to a Certificate Authority. If you have not previously used a Certificate
Authority, you can use the keywords "Certificate Authority" to search the Web for Certificate
Authority companies. The Certificate Authority must be able to provide the certificate in Base64/
PEM or PFX format.
The process of submitting the CSR varies from company to company. Most provide online
submission of the request. Please follow their instructions for submitting the request.

71.2.4 Creating Your Own Certificate

The Novell Certificate Server, which runs on a NetWare
you to establish your own Certificate Authority and issue server certificates for yourself. For
complete information, see the
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To quickly create your own public certificate in ConsoleOne:
1 Click Help > About Snap-ins to see if the Certificate Server snap-in to ConsoleOne is installed.
If it is not installed, you can obtain it from
download.novell.com). If you are using eDirectory on Linux, the Certificate Server snap-in is
installed by default.
NOTE: You can create a server certificate in Novell iManager, as well as in ConsoleOne, using
steps similar to those provided below.
2 Browse to and select the container where your Server object is located.
3 Click Tools > Issue Certificate.
Novell Certificate Server Web site (http://www.novell.com/products/
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