Using Certificates with HP-UX IPSec

Using Baltimore Certificates

 

 

Using Baltimore Certificates

 

 

If you are using the Baltimore CA for authentication with IPSec, you

 

 

must first purchase the Baltimore UniCERT 3.5 package. For more

 

 

information about any of the prerequisites below, see the documentation

 

 

you received from Baltimore.

 

 

Baltimore Certificate Tasks

 

 

To use Baltimore certificates, you must complete the following tasks:

Step

1.

Complete and verify the prerequisite requirements.

Step

2.

Request a Baltimore certificate from the Baltimore CA Administrator

 

 

and transfer the certificate file to the HP-UX IPSec system. You must do

 

 

this for each HP-UX IPSec system using Baltimore certificates.

Step

3.

Configure the Baltimore certificate on the HP-UX IPSec system using

 

 

ipsec_mgr. The ipsec_mgr program will extract information from the

 

 

certificate file for IPSec.

Step

4.

Configure authentication records with IKE IDs. This task is described in

 

 

“Configuring Authentication Records with IKE IDs” on page 134.

Step

5.

Configure your system to automatically retrieve the Certificate

 

 

Revocation List (CRL), or manually retrieve the CRL. This task is

 

 

described in “Retrieving the Certificate Revocation List (CRL)” on

 

 

page 142.

 

 

Step 1: Verifying Prerequisites

 

 

 

NOTE

 

All HP-UX IPSec systems using Baltimore certificates must have IPv4

 

 

addresses.

 

 

 

Before you request Baltimore certificates for IPSec systems, you must:

1.Make sure all components of the Baltimore CA are installed and available. See your Baltimore documentation for installation and configuration instructions.

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