HP Secure Key Manager - Manual (Page 156)

Description Component
E–mail address of person requesting the certificate. This field is optional. Email Address
Size of key being generated. The SKM supports 768–bit, 1024–bit, and 2048–bit
key sizes. 1024–bit is the most commonly used key size. This field is required.
Key Size
Click Create Certificate Request to create the CR. Once created, the request appears
in the Certificate List with a status of Request Pending. Create Certificate Re-
quest
Using the Import Certificate screen
The SKM can import certificates in PEM-encoded PKCS #7, PEM-encoded PKCS #12, and PEM-encoded
X509, as long as the private key is included with the certificate.
NOTE:
You can import certificates with a key size of 2048-bit or smaller.
Figure 81 Viewing the Import Certificate section
The following table describes the components of the Import Certificate section.
Table 62 Import Certificate section components
Description Component
Specify the method for importing the certificate to the SKM. If you are uploading the
certificate through the browser, select Upload from browser, then click Browse and
locate the file on the local drive or network. If you are using FTP or SCP to copy the
file to the SKM, select the appropriate option and enter the following information:
• Host: the source host.
• Filename: the name of the file on the source host.
• Username: the username of the account on the source host.
• Password: the password for the user account on the source host.
NOTE:
FTP will not be available if the device is FIPS-compliant.
Source
The name of the certificate. Certificate Name
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