Nortel Networks 5500 series User Manual

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Managing private keys and certificates

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To generate a test certificate, perform the following steps:

Step

Action

1

Access the Certificate menu by using the

/cfg/cert <cert

id>

command, where

<cert id>

is an unused certificate

number.

2

Generate the test certificate. Enter the following command:

/cfg/cert #/test

You are prompted to enter the following parameters. The
combined length of the parameters cannot exceed 225 bytes

country name (2-letter code)

state or province name

locality name

organization name

organizational unit name

common name

e-mail address

subject alternative name

validity period—the default is 365 days

key size—the default is 1024 bits

For more information about the parameters, see

Table 54 "CSR

information" (page 306)

.

3

Apply the changes.

--End--

Nortel Secure Network Access Switch

Using the Command Line Interface

NN47230-100

03.01

Standard

28 July 2008

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