Lantronix EDS-MD4, EDS-MD8, EDS-MD16 Certificate and Key Generation, To Create a New Credential

10: Security Settings

Certificate and Key Generation

The EDS-MD4, EDS-MD8 and EDS-MD16 can generate self signed certificates and their corresponding keys. This can be done for both the rsa and dsa certificate formats. Certificates can be identified on the EDS-MD4/8/16 by a name provided at generation time.

Table 10-5 Certificate and Key Generation Settings

Certificate Generation	Description
Settings
Country (2 Letter Code)	Enter the 2-letter country code to be assigned to the new self-signed
	certificate.
	Examples: US for United States and CA for Canada
State/Province	Enter the state or province to be assigned to the new self-signed certificate.
Locality (City)	Enter the city or locality to be assigned to the new self-signed certificate.
Organization	Enter the organization to be associated with the new self-signed certificate.
Organization Unit	Enter the organizational unit to be associated with the new self-signed
	certificate.
Common Name	Enter the common name to be associated with the new self signed
	certificate. Note that this is a required field.
Expires	Enter the expiration date, in mm/dd/yyyy format, for the new self-signed
	certificate.
	Example: An expiration date of May 9, 2012 is entered as 05/09/2012.
Key length	Select the bit size of the new self-signed certificate. Choices are:
	 512 bits
	 768 bits
	 1024 bits
	 2048 bits
	The larger the bit size, the longer it takes to generate the key.
Type	Select the type of key:
	 RSA = Public-Key Cryptography algorithm based on large prime
	numbers, invented by Rivest Shamir and Adleman. Used for encryption
	and signing.
	 DSA = Digital Signature Algorithm also based on large prime numbers,
	but can only be used for signing. Developed by the US government to
	avoid the patents on RSA.

To Create a New Credential

Using Web Manager

To create a new credential, click SSL in the menu and select Credentials.

Using the CLI

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To enter the SSL command level: enable -> ssl

To enter the Credentials command level: enable -> ssl -> credentials

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