Using Certificates with HP-UX IPSec

Using Baltimore Certificates

Step 2: Requesting the Baltimore Certificate

Before you configure a Baltimore certificate using ipsec_mgr, you must obtain a PKCS#12 file from the Baltimore Certificate Authority. The Baltimore CA Administrator at your site must use the Face to Face method to request the certificate, and must note certain information during the request and retrieval process. To request a certificate as the Baltimore CA Administrator:

1.Start the Registration Authority (RA) component of the UniCERT software. Once it is running, start the Registration Authority Operator (RAO) component.

2.On the initial RAO screen, you must choose the Face to Face option.

3.Choose Register New User to request a new certificate. Next, choose a policy set up for requesting IPSec certificates.

4.Fill out any fields on the certificate request form that are not defaulted. Click Accept when the request form is complete.

Make a note of the IP Address and Distinguished Name fields (common name, organizational unit, organization, and country). If this is a multihomed system, you will specify the IP Address value as the local ID when you configure authentication records. You may also need the Distinguished Name information to complete the IPSec configuration.

5.Choose PKCS#12 as the format for the Secret Key. You must choose this format for certificates used by IPSec.

6.Create a passphrase for the PKCS#12 file.

Make a note of this passphrase; the IPSec Administrator must specify it to import the certificate into IPSec.

7.Save the PKCS#12 file (use the p12 extension) with the secret key to disk.

Make a note of the full path to the PKCS#12 file. Later the IPSec

Administrator will need to install this file on the IPSec host.

8.Later, go back to the RAO and choose Collect Reply from Last Request to retrieve the certificate.

9.Choose to save the certificate to a File.

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