Lantronix XN manual Certificate and Key Generation, To Create a New Credential

10: Security Settings

Certificate and Key Generation

The PremierWave XN can generate self signed certificates and their corresponding keys. This can be done for both the rsa and dsa certificate formats. Certificates can be identified on the PremierWave XN by a name provided at generation time.

Table 10-5 Certificate and Key Generation Settings

Certificate Generation	Description
Settings
Country (2 Letter Code)	Enter the 2-letter country code to be assigned to the new self-signed
	certificate.
	Examples: US for United States and CA for Canada
State/Province	Enter the state or province to be assigned to the new self-signed certificate.
Locality (City)	Enter the city or locality to be assigned to the new self-signed certificate.
Organization	Enter the organization to be associated with the new self-signed certificate.
Organization Unit	Enter the organizational unit to be associated with the new self-signed
	certificate.
Common Name	Enter the common name to be associated with the new self signed
	certificate. Note that this is a required field.
Expires	Enter the expiration date, in mm/dd/yyyy format, for the new self-signed
	certificate.
	Example: An expiration date of May 9, 2012 is entered as 05/09/2012.
Key length	Select the bit size of the new self-signed certificate. Choices are:
	 512 bits
	 768 bits
	 1024 bits
	 2048 bits
	The larger the bit size, the longer it takes to generate the key.
Type	Select the type of key:
	 RSA = Public-Key Cryptography algorithm based on large prime
	numbers, invented by Rivest Shamir and Adleman. Used for encryption
	and signing.
	 DSA = Digital Signature Algorithm also based on large prime numbers,
	but can only be used for signing. Developed by the US government to
	avoid the patents on RSA.

To Create a New Credential

Using Web Manager

To create a new credential, gclick SSL in the menu and select Credentials.

Using the CLI

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To enter the SSL command level: enable -> ssl

To enter the Credentials command level: enable -> ssl -> credentials

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