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Table 9-7. Generate Self Certificate Request Settings (continued)
Setting
Hash Algorithm
Signature Algorithm
Signature Key Length
Optional Fields
3. Click the Generate table button. A new SCR is created and added to the Self Certificate
Requests table.
4. In the Self Certificate Requests table, click the View table button in the Action column to view
the new SCR. The Certificate Request Data screen displays (see
Managing Users, Authentication, and Certificates
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Description (or Subfield and Description)
From the pull-down menu, select one of the following hash algorithms:
• MD5. A 128 bit (16 byte) message digest, slightly faster than SHA-1.
• SHA-1. A 160-bit (20 byte) message digest, slightly stronger than MD5
Although this seems to be a pull-down menu, the only possible selection is
RSA. In other words, RSA is the default to generate a CSR.
From the pull-down menu, select one of the following signature key lengths
in bits:
• 512.
• 1024.
• 2048.
Note: Larger key sizes might improve security, but might also decrease
performance.
IP Address
Domain Name
E-mail Address Enter the e-mail address of a technical contact in your
v1.0, January 2010
Enter your fixed (static) IP address. If your IP address is
dynamic, leave this field blank.
Enter your Internet domain name, or leave this field blank.
company.
Figure 9-14 on page 9-24).
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