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Installing a Key Pair PKCS object files provide a file format for storing and transferring storing and Certificate from a data and cryptographic information. (For more information, see

PKCS #12 Object File “PKCS #7, PKCS #10, and PKCS #12 Object Files” on page 417.) A PKCS #12 object file, which you obtain from a CA, includes the private key, a certificate, and optionally the CA’s own certificate.

After transferring the PKCS #12 file from the CA via FTP and generating a one-time password to unlock it, you store the file in the WX switch’s certificate and key store. To set and store a PKCS #12 object file, follow these steps:

1Copy the PKCS #12 object file to nonvolatile storage on the WX. Use the following command:

copy tftp://filename local-filename

2Enter a one-time password (OTP) to unlock the PKCS #12 object file. The password must be the same as the password protecting the PKCS #12 file.

The password must contain at least 1 alphanumeric character, with no spaces, and must not include the following characters:

„Quotation marks (““)

„Question mark (?)

„Ampersand (&)

On a WX that handles communications to or from Microsoft Windows clients, use a one-time password of 31 characters or fewer.

To enter the one-time password, use the following command:

crypto otp {admin eap web} one-time-password

3Unpack the PKCS #12 object file into the certificate and key storage area on the WX switch. Use the following command:

crypto pkcs12 {admin eap web} filename

The filename is the location of the file on the WX switch.

MSS erases the OTP password entered with the crypto otp command when you enter the crypto pkcs12 command.

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3Com WX2200 3CRWX220095A To enter the one-time password, use the following command, Crypto pkcs12 admin eap web filename

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