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Importing an encryption key, Figure 168: import key from file menu – Allied Telesis AT-S62 User Manual

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Chapter 26: Encryption Keys

Section VII: Management Security

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Importing an Encryption Key

Use the following procedure to import a public key from the AT-S62 file
system into the key management database. If a file contains both public
and private keys, only the public key is imported. The private key is
ignored.

Note

It is very unlikely you will ever have reason to perform this
procedure. The switch can use only those keys it has generated
itself.

This procedure starts from the Key Management menu. If you are unsure
how to display the menu, perform steps 1 to 3 in Creating an Encryption
Key on page 500.

To import a public key, perform the following procedure:

1. From the Key Management Menu, type 5 to select Import Key From

File to import a RSA - Public key.

The Import Key From File Menu is shown in Figure 168.

Figure 168 Import Key From File Menu

2. Type 1 to select Key ID and, when prompted, enter a unique key ID for

the public key you want to import from the file system into the key
management database. This must be an unused key ID. It cannot
match any of the key IDs that are already in use on the switch.

Note

Option 2 - Key Type cannot be changed.

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Import Key From File Menu

1 - Key ID ............ 0
2 - Key Type .......... RSA-Public
3 - Key File Format ... HEX
4 - Key File Name .....
5 - Import Key From File

R - Return to Previous Menu

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