Chapter 6 Enrolling and Managing Certificates

Enrolling Certificates

Step 5 Click Next to continue with certificate enrollment. The Certificate Enrollment dialog box appears (Figure 6-3).

Figure 6-3 Certificate Enrollment

Step 6

Enter the remaining certificate enrollment parameters. All fields are required unless they are grayed out.

 

Table 6-1describes the entry fields.

 

Table 6-1 Certificate Enrollment Parameters

 

 

 

 

Entry Field

Description

 

 

 

 

Name (CN)

The common name for the certificate. The common name can be the

 

 

name of a person, system, or other entity. It is the most specific level

 

 

in the identification hierarchy. The common name becomes the

 

 

name of the certificate. For example, Fred Flinstone.

 

 

 

 

Domain

The Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the host for your

 

 

system. For example, Dialin_Server.

 

 

 

 

Email (E)

The user e-mail address for the certificate. For example,

 

 

email@company.com

 

 

 

 

IP Address

The IP address of the user's system. For example, 192.168.23.9

 

 

 

 

Department (OU)

The VPN group that this user belongs to. This field correlates to the

 

 

Organizational Unit (OU). The OU is the same as the Group Name

 

 

configured in a VPN 3000 Series Concentrator, for example.

 

 

 

 

Company (O)

The company name for the certificate.

 

 

 

 

State (ST)

The state for the certificate.

 

 

 

 

Country (C)

The 2-letter country code for your country. For example, US. This

 

 

two-letter country code must conform to ISO 3166 country

 

 

abbreviations.

 

 

 

Step 7

Click Enroll to enroll a certificate from a CA, Go Back to review previous certificate enrollment

 

parameters, or Cancel.

 

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