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6.9 Creating Server Certificates
Use the
Server Certificates
The Server Certificates screen also allows an administrator to:
• create a certificate request
• send it to a Certificate Authority (CA)
• create a self signed certificate
• upload an external certificate
• delete a server certificate and/or root certificate of a trustpoint
• create a new key
• upload/download keys to and from the switch to and from a server or local disk
• delete all the keys in the switch.
Server certificates are issued to Web Servers and used to authenticate Web Servers to browsers while establishing a
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connection.
The
Server Certificates
•
Using Trustpoints to Configure Certificates
•
Configuring Trustpoint Associated Keys
6.9.1 Using Trustpoints to Configure Certificates
Each certificate is digitally signed by a trustpoint. The trustpoint signing the certificate can be a certificate authority,
corporation or individual. A trustpoint represents a CA/identity pair containing the identity of the CA, CA-specific
configuration parameters, and an association with an enrolled identity certificate.
To view current certificates values:
1. Select
Security
2. Select the
Trustpoints
screen to view existing self-signed certificate values. The values displayed are read-only.
screen displays two tabs supporting the following:
>
Server Certificates
from the main menu tree.
tab.
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