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Chapter 13 Certificates

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• You can only import a certificate that matches a corresponding certification request that

was generated by the P-660HWP-Dx (the certification request contains the private key).
The certificate you import replaces the corresponding request in the My Certificates
screen. One exception is that you can import a PKCS#12 format certificate without a
corresponding certification request since the certificate includes the private key.

• You must remove any spaces from the certificate’s filename before you can import it.

13.8.1 Certificate File Formats

The certification authority certificate that you want to import has to be in one of these file
formats:

• Binary X.509: This is an ITU-T recommendation that defines the formats for X.509

certificates.

• PEM (Base-64) encoded X.509: This Privacy Enhanced Mail format uses 64 ASCII

characters to convert a binary X.509 certificate into a printable form.

• Binary PKCS#7: This is a standard that defines the general syntax for data (including

digital signatures) that may be encrypted. The P-660HWP-Dx currently allows the
importation of a PKS#7 file that contains a single certificate.

• PEM (Base-64) encoded PKCS#7: This Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) format uses 64

ASCII characters to convert a binary PKCS#7 certificate into a printable form.

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Be careful to not convert a binary file to text during the transfer process. It is
easy for this to occur since many programs use text files by default.

Figure 117 Security > Certificates > My Certificates > Import

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 74 Security > Certificates > My Certificates > Import

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

File Path

Type in the location of the file you want to upload in this field or click Browse to find it.

Browse Click

Browse to find the certificate file you want to upload.

Back

Click Back to go the previous screen

Apply

Click Apply to save the certificate on the P-660HWP-Dx.

Cancel

Click Cancel to quit and return to the My Certificates screen.