Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 793)

AT-S63 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide
Section VIII: Management Security 793
Creating a Self-signed Certificate
This section contains the procedure for creating a self-signed certificate.
Please review the following before you perform the procedure:
ˆ For a general review of all the steps to configuring the switch for a self-
signed certificate, refer to “General Steps for a Self-signed Certificate”
on page 756.)
ˆ The switch’s time and date must be set before you create a certificate.
You can set this manually or you can configure the switch to obtain the
date and time from an SNTP server on your network. For instructions,
refer to “Setting the System Time” on page 67.
ˆ You must generate an encryption key pair before you create a
certificate. For instructions, refer to “Creating an Encryption Key” on
page 767.
ˆ During this procedure you are prompted to enter the ID number of the
encryption key pair you want to use to create the certificate. If you
have forgotten the ID number of the key, refer to “Creating an
Encryption Key” on page 767 to view key ID numbers.
To create a self-signed certificate, perform the following procedure:
1. From the Main Menu, type 7 to select Security and Services.
The Security and Services menu is shown in Figure 87 on page 291.
2. From the Security and Services menu, type 7 to select Keys/
Certificates Configuration.
The Keys/Certificates Configuration menu is shown in Figure 266 on
page 767.
Note
You can specify the distinguished name for the certificate from this
menu by selecting option 1, Distinguished Name, in the Keys/
Certificates Configuration menu and entering the name. Or, you can
wait and specify the distinguished name later in this procedure. For
information about distinguished names, refer to “Distinguished
Names” on page 783.
3. From the Keys/Certificate menu, type 3 to select Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI) Configuration.