Alcatel-Lucent 8950 AAA User Manual

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Types of Certificates in Certificate Manager

8950 AAA Certificate Manager

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Issue 1, December 2008

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6. Click Finish to go back to the File Manager panel as shown in

Figure 22-2

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Requesting for a Certificate

This dialog or panel generates a key pair and a PKCS #10 certificate request which can be
used to request a server certificate.

The certificate request must be submitted to a certificate authority to generate a server
certificate. The certificate authority will use its root certificate to sign the server
certificate. The certificate request contains extensions suitable for server authentication.

1. Click the Create Certificate action button,

.

Result:

The New Certificate dialog appears, as shown in

Figure 22-10

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2. Select the Certificate Type as Certificate Request and click Next.

Result:

The Server or Client Certificate Type–Subject and Duration dialog is

displayed, as shown in

Figure 22-17

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Figure 22-17 Certificate Request–Subject and Duration

3. Check if the information is correct and as you entered about the certificate. If required,

modify and click Next.

Result:

The Certificate Request Password dialog is displayed, as shown in

Figure 22-18

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