102Certificates and Client Authentication

If you have obtained a certificate by other means, however, you must also add the corresponding private key.

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Copy-and-Paste Private Key

Step Action

1Type the following command from the Main menu prompt to start adding a private key.

Make sure you specify the same certificate number as when pasting the certificate.

>>Main# cfg/cert

Enter certificate number: (1-) <number of the

certificate you want to configure>

>> Certificate 1# key

Paste the key, press Enter to create a new line, and then type "..." (without the quotation marks) to terminate.

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2Copy the contents of your private key file.

Locate the file containing your private key. Make sure the key file corresponds with the certificate file you have received from a CA. The public key in the certificate works in concert with the related private key when handling SSL transactions.

Open the key file in a text editor and copy the entire contents. Make sure the selected text includes the " -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- " and " -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- " lines.

3Paste the contents of the key file at the command prompt.

Now, paste the private key at the command line interface prompt. Press ENTER to create a new row, and then type " ... " (without the quotation marks). Press ENTER again to complete the installation of the key.

You may be prompted for a password phrase after having completed the paste operation. The password phrase you are requested to type is the one you specified when creating (or exporting) the private key.

Your screen output should now resemble the following example.

Nortel VPN Gateway

User Guide

NN46120-104 02.01 Standard

14 April 2008

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NN46120-104 specifications

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