Managing Certificates; Importing And Installing Ca Certificates - Symbol WS5000 Series System Reference Manual

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• PAP provides a simple method for a remote node to establish its identity using a two-way
handshake. After the PPP link establishment phase is complete, a username and password pair is
repeatedly sent by the remote node across the link (in clear text) until authentication is
acknowledged, or until the connection is terminated
• MD5 provides a simple method for a remote node to establish its identity using a two-way
handshake. After the PPP link establishment phase is complete, a username and password pair is
repeatedly sent by the remote node across the link (in clear text) until authentication is
acknowledged, or until the connection is terminated
4. Click one of the following buttons in the screen:
Apply
Undo
Cancel
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5.2.2 Managing Certificates

To generate a certificate request from the WS5000 Series Switch:
1. Select System Settings > Radius > Certificate Management > Self Certificate.
2. Click the Add button.
3. Enter the certificate signing request (CSR) information and click the Generate button.
4. Copy the generated CSR to a file (with a .req extension) in a Windows 2003 server PC that contains
the CA.
5. Run the certreq command from the command prompt on the Windows 2003 server PC.
The command prompts you for the CSR file.
Enter the name of the CSR file generated from the switch.
The command prompts for the destination to place the server certificate.
6. Copy the ROOT certificate of the CA on the Windows 2003 server PC used to sign the server certificate
into the same location as the server certificate. You must upload this certificate on the switch. See
5.2.2.2 Uploading Certificates

5.2.2.1 Importing and Installing CA Certificates

To import and install the CA and server certificates on the WS5000 Series Switch:
1. Ensure the time in the switch is synchronized with the Windows 2003 server PC.
2. Select System Settings > Radius > Certificate Management > Self Certificate to load the CA certificate.
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