Black Box ET0100A manual Installing an External Certificate, To obtain a CA certificate from a CA

Models: EncrypTight ET0100A ET0010A ET1000A

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Using Enhanced Security Features

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The procedure for obtaining a CA certificate varies with each CA. These are the typical steps.

To obtain a CA certificate from a CA:

1On the CA's website, complete the registration process.

2Download the CA certificate from the CA's website.

3In the Certificate Manager, install the CA certificate as an external certificate.

To use the peer appliance’s identity certificate as an external certificate:

1Export the certificate from the peer appliance.

2Install the certificate file as an external certificate.

See the following topics for more information:

“Installing an External Certificate” on page 280

“Exporting a Certificate” on page 286

Installing an External Certificate

Use the following procedure to install a CA certificate or peer certificate as an external certificate. The external certificate must be a PEM encoded file.

To install an external certificate:

1In the Appliances view, right-click the appliance on which to install the external certificate and click Install External Certificate in the shortcut menu.

2In the Import Certificate window, browse to the location of the PEM encoded certificate file and select it.

3Click Open.

4In the Certificate Use window, click the option that represents the intended use of this certificate. In most cases, you will choose Trusted Certificate for IPSec Peer Authentication. Only select OCSP Responder Certificate if this is a certificate from an OCSP responder. For more information about OCSP, see “Validating Certificates Using OCSP” on page 289.

A dialog box indicates the progress as the certificate is installed on the appliance.

The “Used For” column of the Certificates view indicates the intended use of the certificate.

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