Certificate/Key Terms; Certificate Attributes - NetModule NB1600 User Manual

Term
RSA
DSS/DSA
Phrase
A single certificate can obtain the following ASN.1 attributes:
Attribute
CN
C
ST
L
C
O
OU
E
Those attributes form a so-called subject name, mainly used for matching a certificate
or when signing certificate requests:
Subject: C=CH, ST=Switzerland, L=Zurich, O=Company, OU=Networking,
CN=router.company.com/Email=info@company.com
Depending on your configuration, keys and certificates may be used for particular ser-
vices, for instance if OpenVPN uses a certificate-based authentication or if you want to
access the Web Manager over HTTPS.
Please note that an accurate system time is needed prior to creating certificates as it
influences the lifetime of a certificate. The validity period is usually set to 10 years. You
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Description
An encryption algorithm based on the fact that factorization
of large integers is difficult
An encryption algorithm based on the discrete logarithm
problem
A password used for protecting keys
Table 5.7.: Certificate/Key Terms
Description
The certificate owner's common name, mainly used to iden-
tify a host
The certificate owner's country (usually a TLD abbrevia-
tion)
The certificate owner's state
The certificate owner's location
The certificate owner's country
The certificate owner's organization
The name of the organizational unit to which the certificate
issuer belongs
The certificate owner's email address
Table 5.8.: Certificate Attributes
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