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Overview
Purpose
This chapter discusses the 8950 AAA Certificate Manager, also known as aaa-cert. Root
certificates generated with aaa-cert are self-signed certificates. This means that in order for
a client or server to verify the certificates signed by an aaa-cert root certificate, they must
install the root certificates as a trusted certificate authorities.
The following topics are included in this chapter:
Types of Certificates
About Types of certificates
The aaa-cert tool generates three types of certificates:
•Root Certificates
•Server Certificates
•Client Certificates
Types of Certificates 22-1
The Certificate Manager Panel 22-2
Requirements for Using the Certificate Manager 22-8
Types of Certificates in Certificate Manager 22-9
Procedures for Creating Certificates 22-18
Notes on Using Certificates 22-20
How to Configure for a TLS Demo Out of the Box 22-21