How Local User Authentication Works: RADIUS, Privilege Groups and X.509 Certificates

The following figure shows the Certificate Request page:

Figure 9–5: Authentication: Certificate Request Page

For additional information, see the following topics:

•“Certificate Requests Parameter Details” on page 261

•“Managing Certificate Requests” on page 262

•“Import a signed Local Certificate” on page 263

•“X.509 Certificates” on page 255

Certificate Requests Parameter Details

The Certificate Requests page provides the following information:

Table 9–7: Certificate Requests Details

Column

Description

 

 

 

 

Certificate Name

The name you gave to the Local Certificate when importing it.

 

 

Distinguished Name

The Distinguished Name of this Local Certificate. This is defined when you

 

create the Certificate Request. The Distinguished Name is comprised of a

 

number of attributes including: CommonName, Locale, State or Province,

 

Organization, Department, Country, and Street Address.

 

 

Status

The current status of the Certificate Request.

 

• Not Valid if the certificate is valid in the future, or if the authenticity

 

cannot be verified using a CA certificate currently installed.

 

• Valid if the certificate may be used

 

• Revoked if the certificate has been revoked by a Certificate

 

Revocation List (CRL)

 

 

Key type

Currently supports RSA as the type.

 

 

Key Length

Number of bits in the key, including 1024, 2048, 4096.

 

 

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