System Security

Add Certificates Dialog Box

The Add Certificates dialog box appears when you click Add Certificates in the Actions list. It lets you install signed certificates or certificate chains. You can do so in two ways:

Upload a PFX, PEM, or P7B certificate file.

Paste PEM-format certificate text into the dialog box. The following table describes the fields in the dialog box.

Field

Description

 

 

Upload certificate

If checked, the Password field and Upload file button enable you to upload a PFX,

 

PEM, or P7B certificate file.

 

 

Password

Enter the password, if any, assigned to the certificate file when it was created.

 

 

Upload file

Click the button to browse to the file you want to upload.

 

 

Paste certificate

If checked, the text field below enables you to paste in the text of PEM certificate files.

 

 

See also:

Security Certificates Overview on page 39

Certificate Settings on page 43

Certificate Procedures on page 46

Certificate Details Dialog Box

The Certificate Details dialog box appears when you click Display Details in the Actions list. It displays information about the certificate selected in the list, as outlined in the following table.

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 certificate.

Names

For the Polycom RealPresence 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 RealPresence DMA system’s certificate is used for both server and client

 

connections, so this should always contain at least serverAuth and clientAuth.

 

 

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