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Allied Telesis AT-S62 User Manual

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Chapter 32: PKI Certificates and SSL

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Section VII: Management Security

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

Note

Option 4, Type, cannot be changed. The PKCS10 value indicates
the internal format of an enrollment request.

11. Type 5 to select Generate Enrollment Request.

Once the switch has finished generating the request, you will see a
message similar to the following.

Enrollment request is being generated. Please wait
...Done.
Enrollment Request available in file [Switch 12.csr].
Press any key to continue ...

The enrollment request is now stored in the AT-S62 file system. To see
the file, refer to “Displaying System Files” on page 185.

12. Press any key to return to the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Configuration menu.

13. To submit the request to a CA, upload the enrollment request from the

file system on the switch to your management workstation or to an
FTP server on your network. For instructions, refer to “Uploading a
System File” on page 209. After receiving
the certificates from the CA,
refer to “Installing CA Certificates onto a Switch” on page 733 for an
overview of the procedures to loading the certificates onto the switch.

When submitting an enrollment request, be sure to follow the rules and
guidelines of the CA. Failure to follow their guidelines may delay the
issuing of the certificate.