Polycom 3725-76302-001LI manual Certificate Procedures, Section Description

DMA Operations Guide Certificate Procedures

Table 3-4	Sections in the Certificate Details dialog box
Section		Description
Certificate Info		Purpose and alias of the certificate.
Issued To		Information about the entity to which the certificate was
		issued and the certificate serial number.
Issued By		Information about the issuer.
Validity		Issue and expiration dates.
Fingerprints		SHA1 and MD5 fingerprints (checksums) for confirming
		certificate.
Subject Alternative		Additional identities bound to the subject of the
Names		certificate.
		For the Polycom DMA system, this should include the
		virtual and physical FQDNs, short host names, and IP
		addresses of the system.
Extended Key Usage		Indicates the purposes for which the certificate can be
		used.
		The Polycom DMA system’s certificate is used for both
		server and client connections, so this should always
		contain at least serverAuth and clientAuth.

See also:

“Security Certificates Overview” on page 35 “Certificate Settings” on page 38 “Certificate Procedures” on page 42

Certificate Procedures

Certificate procedures include the following:

•Install your chosen certificate authority’s public certificate, if necessary, so that the Polycom DMA system trusts that certificate authority.

•Create a certificate signing request to submit to the certificate authority.

•Install a public certificate signed by your certificate authority that identifies the Polycom DMA system.

•Remove a signed certificate or a certificate authority’s certificate.

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