Cisco Systems ISA550 Importing Signed Certificate for CSR from Your Local PC

Device Management

Managing Certificates for Authentication

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•Common Name: Enter the common name for the certificate.

•E-mail Address: Enter your email address.

•Subject Distinguished Name: After you enter the above information, the

Distinguished Name (DN) is created in this field.

•Subject Key Type: Displays the signature algorithm (RSA) used to sign the

certificate. RSA is a public key cryptographic algorithm used for encrypting

data.

•Subject Key Size: Choose the length of the signature: 502 bits, 1024 bits, or

2048 bits.

STEP 4 Click Generate to create a certificate signing request file.

After you generate a certificate signing request file, you need to export this file to

your local PC for submission to a Registration or CA. The CSR file will be saved in

.pem format.

Importing Signed Certificate for CSR from Your Local PC

You can upload the signed certificate for a CSR from your local PC.

STEP 1 Click Device Management > Cer tificate Management.

STEP 2 To import the signed certificate for a CSR from your local PC, click the Upload icon

in the Configure column.

STEP 3 Click Browse to locate and select the signed certificate file for the CSR from your

local PC, and then click Upload.

NOTE: The signed certificate file should be PEM (.pem or .crt) encoded.