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Configuring an entity DN

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Task Deleting a certificate Configuring an access control policy Remarks Optional. Optional. Configuring an entity DN A certificate is the binding of a public key and the identity information of an entity, where the identity information is identified by an entity distinguished name (DN). A CA identifies a certificate applicant uniquely by entity DN. An entity DN is defined by these parameters: • Common name of the entity. • Country code of the entity, a standard 2-character code. For example, CN represents China and US represents the United States. • Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the entity, a unique identifier of an entity on the network. It consists of a host name and a domain name and can be resolved to an IP address. For example, www.whatever.com is an FQDN, where www is a host name and whatever.com a domain name. • IP address of the entity. • Locality where the entity resides. • Organization to which the entity belongs. • Unit of the entity in the organization. • State where the entity resides. The configuration of an entity DN must comply with the CA certificate issue policy. You must determine, for example, which entity DN parameters are mandatory and which are optional. Otherwise, certificate requests might be rejected. To configure an entity DN: Step 1. Enter system view. 2. Create an entity and enter its view. Command system-view pki entity entity-name 3. Configure the common name for the entity. common-name name 4. Configure the country code for the entity. country country-code-str 5. Configure the FQDN for the entity. fqdn name-str 6. Configure the IP address for the entity. ip ip-address Remarks N/A No entity exists by default. Optional. No common name is specified by default. Optional. No country code is specified by default. Optional. No FQDN is specified by default. Optional. No IP address is specified by default. 159

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Task
Remarks
Deleting a certificate
Optional.
Configuring an access control policy
Optional.
Configuring an entity DN
A certificate is the binding of a public key and the identity information of an entity, where the identity
information is identified by an entity distinguished name (DN). A CA identifies a certificate applicant
uniquely by entity DN.
An entity DN is defined by these parameters:
Common name of the entity.
Country code of the entity, a standard 2-character code. For example, CN represents China and US
represents the United States.
Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the entity, a unique identifier of an entity on the network.
It consists of a host name and a domain name and can be resolved to an IP address. For example,
www.whatever.com
is an FQDN, where
www
is a host name and
whatever.com
a domain name.
IP address of the entity.
Locality where the entity resides.
Organization to which the entity belongs.
Unit of the entity in the organization.
State where the entity resides.
The configuration of an entity DN must comply with the CA certificate issue policy. You must determine,
for example, which entity DN parameters are mandatory and which are optional. Otherwise, certificate
requests might be rejected.
To configure an entity DN:
Step
Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Create an entity and enter its
view.
pki entity
entity-name
No entity exists by default.
3.
Configure the common name
for the entity.
common-name
name
Optional.
No common name is specified by
default.
4.
Configure the country code
for the entity.
country
country-code-str
Optional.
No country code is specified by
default.
5.
Configure the FQDN for the
entity.
fqdn
name-str
Optional.
No FQDN is specified by default.
6.
Configure the IP address for
the entity.
ip
ip-address
Optional.
No IP address is specified by
default.