Polycom 3725-76302-001LI Forms of Certificates Accepted by the Polycom DMA System, PEM Pkcs #7

DMA Operations Guide Security Certificates Overview

•When a client connects to a server, the server shows its signed public certificate to the client. Trust is established because the certificate has been signed by the certificate authority, and the client has been configured to trust the certificate authority.

Forms of Certificates Accepted by the Polycom DMA System

X.509 certificates come in several forms (encoding and protocol). The following table shows the forms that can be installed in the Polycom DMA system.

	Encoding	Protocol /	Description and Installation Method
		File Type
	PEM	PKCS #7	Certificate chain containing:
	(Base64-encoded	protocol	• A signed certificate for the system,
	ASCII text)	P7B file		authenticating its public key.
			• The CA’s public certificate.
			•	Sometimes intermediate
				certificates.
			Upload file or paste into text box.
		CER (single	Signed certificate for the system,
		certificate) file	authenticating its public key.
			Upload file or paste into text box.
		Certificate text	Encoded certificate text copied from
			CA’s email or secure web page.
			Paste into text box.
	DER	PKCS #12	Certificate chain containing:
	(binary format	protocol	• A signed certificate for the system,
	using ASN.1	PFX file		authenticating its public key.
	Distinguished
			• A private key for the system.
	Encoding Rules)
			• The CA’s public certificate.
			Upload file.
		PKCS #7	Certificate chain containing:
		protocol	• A signed certificate for the system,
		P7B file		authenticating its public key.
			• The CA’s public certificate.
			•	Sometimes intermediate
				certificates.
			Upload file.
		CER (single	Signed certificate for the system,
		certificate) file	authenticating its public key.
			Upload file.
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