Chapter 18 Certificates

Table 66 Certificates > My Certificate Create (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Enrollment

Select the certification authority’s enrollment protocol from the

Protocol

drop-down list box.

 

Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) is a TCP-based

 

enrollment protocol that was developed by VeriSign and Cisco.

 

Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) is a TCP-based

 

enrollment protocol that was developed by the Public Key

 

Infrastructure X.509 working group of the Internet Engineering Task

 

Force (IETF) and is specified in RFC 2510.

 

 

CA Server Address

Enter the IP address (or URL) of the certification authority server.

 

 

CA Certificate

Select the certification authority’s certificate from the CA

 

Certificate drop-down list box.

 

You must have the certification authority’s certificate already

 

imported in the Trusted CAs screen. Click Trusted CAs to go to

 

the Trusted CAs screen where you can view (and manage) the

 

NWA's list of certificates of trusted certification authorities.

 

 

Request

When you select Create a certification request and enroll for a

Authentication

certificate immediately online, the certification authority may

 

want you to include a reference number and key to identify you

 

when you send a certification request. Fill in both the Reference

 

Number and the Key fields if your certification authority uses CMP

 

enrollment protocol. Just fill in the Key field if your certification

 

authority uses the SECP enrollment protocol.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to begin certificate or certification request generation.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to quit and return to the My Certificates screen.

 

 

After you click Apply in the My Certificate Create screen, you see a screen that tells you the NWA is generating the self-signed certificate or certification request.

After the NWA successfully enrolls a certificate or generates a certification request or a self-signed certificate, you see a screen with a Return button that takes you back to the My Certificates screen.

If you configured the My Certificate Create screen to have the NWA enroll a certificate and the certificate enrollment is not successful, you see a screen with a Return button that takes you back to the My Certificate Create screen. Click Return and check your information in the My Certificate Create screen. Make sure that the certification authority information is correct and that your Internet connection is working properly if you want the NWA to enroll a certificate online.

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