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Allied Telesis AT-S62 User Manual

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AT-S62 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide

Section VII: Management Security

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9. Enter the ID number of the encryption key you want to use to create

the certificate. The encryption key must already exist on the switch. (If
you have forgotten the key ID number, return to the Key Management
menu to view the keys on the switch.) The value can be from 0 to
65,535.

10. Type 3 to select Format to choose the encoding format for the

certificate. Possible settings are:

DER - Indicates the certificate contents are in a binary format. This is
the default.

PEM - Indicates the certificate are in the Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM)
format which is an ASCII format.

11. Type 4 to select Serial Number.

The following message is displayed:

Enter certificate serial number -> [0 to 2147483647] -> 0

12. Enter a value between 0 and 2,147,483,647.

Self-signed certificates are usually assigned a serial number of 0.

13. Type 5 to select Subject DN and enter a distinguished name for the

certificate. (Do not enclose the distinguished name in quotes.)

Note

If you did not enter a distinguished name back in Step 2, you need to
enter one here. A certificate must have a distinguished name. For
further information, refer to “Distinguished Names” on page 707. If
you enter a name both here and in Step 2, the certificate will contain
the name entered here.

14. Type 6 to create the certificate.

The following message is displayed:

Please wait while certificate is generated...Done!

15. Press any key.

The X509 Certificate Management menu is displayed again.

The certificate is automatically saved in the AT-S62 file system. You do
not need to return to the Main Menu to permanently save the new
certificate.

16. Go to the next procedure to add the certificate to the certificate

database.