Global site certificate paste procedure – HP e-Commerce Server Accelerator sa7120 User Manual

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Export versions of Internet Explorer* and Netscape* Communicator
use 40-bit encryption to initiate connections to SSL servers. Upon
receiving a client request, the server responds by sending a digital
certificate. If this certificate is a conventional server certificate (that
is, not a global site certificate), browser and server complete the SSL
handshake and use a 40-bit key to encrypt application data. If the
server responds to a requesting browser with a global site certificate,
the client automatically renegotiates the connection to use 128-bit
encryption.

A global site certificate is validated by an accompanying intermediate
CA certificate. (Such pairs are called “chained certificates.”)
Examples of intermediate CA certificates include Microsoft SGC
Root* and VeriSign Class 3*. When a requesting browser receives a
global site certificate along with an intermediate CA certificate, the
browser’s root certificate is used to validate the intermediate CA
certificate, which in turn is used to validate the global site certificate,
thus letting the browser know that it can renegotiate the connection to
use 128-bit encryption.

Global Site Certificate Paste Procedure

If you wish to use a global site certificate, you must import both the
global site certificate and its accompanying intermediate CA
certificate. Both certificates must be chained together in a single file.

Use the

import cert

command to import either single or chained

certificates. In the latter case, paste the server’s global site certificate
first, followed by the intermediate CA certificate. Follow the
intermediate CA certificate by typing three periods on a new line.

Example:

HP SA7120> import cert <keyID>

Import protocol: (paste, xmodem) [paste]:

Type or paste in data, end with ... alone on line

NOTE: There must be no
white space before,
between, or after
certificates, and the
“Begin...” headers and
“End...” trailers must all
be retained.

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

MIIFZTCCBM6gAwIBAgIQCTN2wvQH2CK+rgZKcTrNBzANBgkq

hkiG9w0BAQQFADCBujEfMB0GA1UEChMWVmVyaVNpZ24gVHJ1

c3QgTmV0d29yazEXMBUGA1UECxMOVmVyaVNpZ24sIEluYy4x

MzAxBgNVBAsTKlZlcmlTaWduIEludGVybmF0aW9uYWwgU2Vy

:

dmVyIENBIC0gQ2xhc3MgMzFJMEcGA1UECxNAd3d3LnZlcmlz

aWduLmNvbS9DUFMg

SW5jb3JwLmJ5IFJlZi4gTElBQklMSVRZIExURC4oYyk5NyBW

ZXJpU2lnbjAeFw05

OTExMTEwMDAwMDBaFw0wMDExMTAyMzU5NTlaMIHHMQswCQYD

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