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H3C Technologies H3C WX3000E Series Wireless Switches User Manual

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Step Remarks

4.

Retrieving the CA

certificate

Required.
Certificate retrieval serves the following purposes:

Locally store the certificates associated with the local security domain for

improved query efficiency and reduced query count,

Prepare for certificate verification.

IMPORTANT:

If a local CA certificate already exists, you cannot perform the CA certificate

retrieval operation. This will avoid possible mismatch between certificates and
registration information resulting from relevant changes. To retrieve the CA

certificate, you must remove the CA certificate and local certificate first.

5. Requesting a local

certificate

Required.
When requesting a certificate, an entity introduces itself to the CA by
providing its identity information and public key, which will be the major

components of the certificate.
A certificate request can be submitted to a CA in online mode or offline mode.

In online mode, if the request is granted, the local certificate will be

retrieved to the local system automatically.

In offline mode, you must retrieve the local certificate by an out-of-band

means.

IMPORTANT:

If a local certificate already exists, you cannot perform the local certificate

retrieval operation. This will avoid possible mismatch between the local

certificate and registration information resulting from relevant changes. To

retrieve a new local certificate, you must remove the CA certificate and local
certificate first.

6. Destroying the RSA key

pair

Optional.
If the certificate to be retrieved contains an RSA key pair, you must destroy the
existing RSA key pair. Otherwise, the certificate cannot be retrieved.

Destroying the existing RSA key pair also destroys the corresponding local

certificate.

7. Retrieving and

displaying a certificate

Required if you request a certificate in offline mode.
Retrieve an existing certificate and display its contents.

IMPORTANT:

If you request a certificate in offline mode, you must retrieve the CA

certificate and local certificate by an out-of-band means.

Before retrieving a local certificate in online mode, be sure to complete

LDAP server configuration.

8. Retrieving and

displaying a CRL

Optional.
Retrieve a CRL and display its contents.