Working with the M111

 

 

Managing certificates

 

 

 

Content and

 

 

file format

Items carried in the file

Description

 

 

 

X.509 certificate in

One or more X.509 certificate

Popular format in the Unix

PEM file

 

world. X.509 DER certificate is

 

 

base64 encoded and placed

 

 

between

 

 

"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----"

 

 

and

 

 

"-----END CERTIFICATE-----"

 

 

lines. Multiple certificates can be

 

 

repeated in the same file.

 

 

 

ASN.1 DER encoded

One X.509 CRL

Most basic format supported for

X.509 CRL

 

CRL.

 

 

 

X.509 CRL in PEM file

One X.509 CRL

Same format as X.509 certificate

 

 

in PEM format, except that the

 

 

lines contain BEGIN CRL and

 

 

END CRL.

 

 

 

Certificate and private key store

This list displays all certificates installed on the M111. The M111 uses these certificates and private keys to authenticate itself to peers.

The following information is displayed for each certificate in the list:

ID: A sequentially assigned number to help identify certificates with the same common name.

Issued to: Name of the certificate holder. Select the name to view the contents of the certificate.

Issued by: Name of the CA that issued the certificate.

Current usage: Lists the services that are currently using this certificate.

Delete: Select to remove the certificate from the certificate store.

Installing a new private key/public key certificate chain pair

The certificate you install must:

Be in PKCS #12 format.

Contain a private key (a password controls access to the private key).

Not have a name that is an IP address. The name should be a domain name containing at least one dot. If you try to add a certificate with an invalid name, the default certificate is restored.

The name in the certificate is automatically assigned as the domain name of the M111.

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