Copy-and-paste private key – Nortel Networks NN46120-104 User Manual

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Certificates and Client Authentication

If you have obtained a certificate by other means, however, you
must also add the corresponding private key.

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Copy-and-Paste Private Key

Step

Action

1

Type the following command from the Main menu prompt

to start adding a private key.

Make sure you specify the same certificate number as when
pasting the certificate.

>> Main# cfg/cert

Enter certificate number:

(1-) <number of the

certificate you want to configure>

>> Certificate 1# key

Paste the key, press Enter to create a new line, and then

type "..." (without the quotation marks) to terminate.

>

2

Copy the contents of your private key file.

Locate the file containing your private key. Make sure the key file
corresponds with the certificate file you have received from a CA.
The public key in the certificate works in concert with the related
private key when handling SSL transactions.

Open the key file in a text editor and copy the entire contents.
Make sure the selected text includes the

" -----BEGIN

RSA PRIVATE KEY----- "

and

" -----END RSA PRIVATE

KEY----- "

lines.

3

Paste the contents of the key file at the command prompt.

Now, paste the private key at the command line interface
prompt. Press ENTER to create a new row, and then type " ... "
(without the quotation marks). Press ENTER again to complete
the installation of the key.

You may be prompted for a password phrase after having
completed the paste operation. The password phrase you are
requested to type is the one you specified when creating (or
exporting) the private key.

Your screen output should now resemble the following example.

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