Cisco SA520-K9 Administration Guide - Page 192

Administration Managing Certificates for Authentication 8 The Generate Certification Signing Request window opens. a. Enter the distinguished name information in the Generate Self Certificate Request fields. • Name: Unique name used to identify a certificate. • Subject: Name of the certificate holder (owner). The subject field populates the CN (Common Name) entry of the generated certificate and can contain these fields: - CN=Common Name - O=Organization - OU=Organizational unit - L= Locality - ST= State - C=Country For example: CN=router1, OU=my_dept, O=my_company, L=SFO, C=US Whatever name you choose will appear in the subject line of the generated CSR. To include more than one subject field, enter each subject separated by a comma. For example: CN=hostname.domain.com, ST=CA, C=USA • Hash Algorithm: Algorithm used by the certificate. Choose between MD5 and SHA-1 • Signature Algorithm: Algorithm (RSA) used to sign the certificate. • Signature Key Length: Length of the signature, either 512 or 1024. • (Optional) IP Address, Domain Name, and Email Address b. Click Generate. A new certificate request is created and added to the Certification Signing Request (CSR) table. To view the request, click the View button next to the certificate you just created. Cisco SA500 Series Security Appliances Administration Guide 192