H3C Technologies H3C WX3000E Series Wireless Switches User Manual

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Item Description

Entity Name

Select the local PKI entity.
When submitting a certificate request to a CA, an entity needs to show its identity

information.
Available PKI entities are those that have been configured.

Institution

Select the authority for certificate request.

CA—Indicates that the entity requests a certificate from a CA.

RA—Indicates that the entity requests a certificate from an RA.

RA is recommended.

Requesting URL

Enter the URL of the RA.
The entity will submit the certificate request to the server at this URL through the SCEP
protocol. The SCEP protocol is intended for communication between an entity and an

authentication authority.
In offline mode, this item is optional. In other modes, this item is required.

IMPORTANT:

This item does not support domain name resolution.

LDAP IP

Enter the IP address, port number and version of the LDAP server.
In a PKI system, the storage of certificates and CRLs is a crucial problem, which is usually

addressed by deploying an LDAP server.

Port

Version

Request Mode

Select the online certificate request mode, which can be auto or manual.

Password Encrypt

Click this box to display the password in cipher text.
This box is available only when the certificate request mode is set to Auto.

Password

Enter the password for certificate revocation.
This item is available only when the certificate request mode is set to Auto.

Fingerprint Hash

Specify the fingerprint used for verifying the CA root certificate.
After receiving the root certificate of the CA, an entity needs to verify the fingerprint of the
root certificate, namely, the hash value of the root certificate content. This hash value is

unique to every certificate. If the fingerprint of the root certificate does not match the one
configured for the PKI domain, the entity will reject the root certificate.

If you specify MD5 as the hash algorithm, enter an MD5 fingerprint. The fingerprint

must a string of 32 characters in hexadecimal notation.

If you specify SHA1 as the hash algorithm, enter an SHA1 fingerprint. The fingerprint

must a string of 40 characters in hexadecimal notation.

If you do not specify the fingerprint hash, do not enter any fingerprint. The entity will

not verify the CA root certificate, and you yourself must make sure that the CA server

is trusted.

IMPORTANT:

The fingerprint must be configured if you specify the certificate request mode as Auto. If you

specify the certificate request mode as Manual, you can leave the fingerprint settings null. If
you do not configure the fingerprint, the entity will not verify the CA root certificate and you

yourself must make sure that the CA server is trusted.

Fingerprint

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