Management & Security Operations

Certificates come in several forms (encoding and protocol). The following table shows the forms that can be installed in the CMA system.

 

Standard /

 

 

Encoding

File Type

Description and Installation Method

 

 

 

PEM

PKCS #7

Certificate chain containing:

(Base64-encoded

standard

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 E-mail or secure web page.

 

 

Paste into text box.

 

 

 

DER

PKCS #12

Certificate chain containing:

(binary format

standard

A signed certificate for the system,

using ASN.1

PFX file

 

authenticating its public key.

Abstract Syntax

 

 

A private key for the system.

Notation)

 

 

The CA’s public certificate.

 

 

 

 

Sometimes intermediate

 

 

 

certificates.

 

 

Upload file.

 

 

 

 

PKCS #7

Certificate chain containing:

 

standard

A signed certificate for the system,

 

P7B file

 

authenticating its public key.

 

 

The CA’s public certificate.

 

 

Sometimes intermediate

 

 

 

certificates.

 

 

Upload file.

 

 

 

 

CER (single

Digital certificate that uniquely identifies

 

certificate) file

the system within the PKI.

 

(X.509 standard

Upload file.

 

format)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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