DMA OperationsGuide Certificate Procedures
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See also:
“Security Certificates Overview” on page 33
“Certificate Settings” on page 36
“Certificate Procedures” on page40
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.
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
Names
Additional identities bound to the subject of the
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.