Available Key Sizes - Oracle Database B10772-01 Administrator's Manual

Managing Certificates
Table 8–5 (Cont.) Certificate Request: Fields and Descriptions
Field Name
Organization
Locality/City
State/Province
Country
Key Size
Advanced
Table 8–6
Typically, CAs use key sizes of 1024 or 2048. When certificate owners wish to keep
their keys for a longer duration, they choose 3072 or 4096 bit keys.
Table 8–6 Available Key Sizes
Key Size
512 or 768
1024 or 2048
3072 or 4096
Importing the User Certificate into the Wallet
The certificate authority sends you an e-mail notification when your certificate
request has been fulfilled. Import the certificate into a wallet in either of two ways:
copy and paste the certificate from the certificate authority's e-mail, or import the
user certificate from a file. Certificate authorities may send your certificate in a
PKCS #7 certificate chain file, or as an individual X.509 certificate. Oracle Wallet
Manager can import both types. PKCS #7 certificate chains are a collection of
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Description
Optional.Enter the name of the identity's organization.
Example: XYZ Corp.
Optional. Enter the name of the locality or city in which the
identity resides.
Optional. Enter the full name of the state or province in which
the identity resides.
Enter the full state name, because some certificate authorities do
not accept two–letter abbreviations.
Mandatory. Choose to view a list of country abbreviations.
Select the country in which the organization is located.
Mandatory. Choose to view a list of key sizes to use when
creating the public/private key pair. See
key size.
Optional. Choose Advanced to view the Advanced Certificate
Request dialog panel. Use this field to edit or customize the
identity's distinguished name (DN). For example, you can edit
the full state name and locality.
lists the available key sizes and the relative security each size provides.
Relative Security Level
Not regarded as secure.
Secure.
Very secure.
Table 8–6 to evaluate