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ProSafe Gigabit Quad WAN SSL VPN Firewall SRX5308 Reference Manual 2. In the Generate Self Certificate Request section of the screen, enter the settings as explained in Table 7-7. Table 7-7. Generate Self Certificate Request Settings Setting Name Subject Hash Algorithm Signature Algorithm Signature Key Length Optional Fields Description (or Subfield and Description) A descriptive name of the domain for identification and management purposes. The name that other organizations see as the holder (owner) of the certificate. In general, use your registered business name or official company name for this purpose. Note: Generally, all of your certificates should have the same value in the Subject field. From the drop-down list, select one of the following hash algorithms: • MD5. A 128-bit (16-byte) message digest, slightly faster than SHA-1. • SHA-1. A 160-bit (20-byte) message digest, slightly stronger than MD5. Although this seems to be a drop-down list, the only possible selection is RSA. In other words, RSA is the default to generate a CSR. From the drop-down list, select one of the following signature key lengths in bits: • 512 • 1024 • 2048 Note: Larger key sizes might improve security, but might also decrease performance. IP Address Enter your fixed (static) IP address. If your IP address is dynamic, leave this field blank. Domain Name Enter your Internet domain name, or leave this field blank. E-mail Address Enter the email address of a technical contact in your company. 3. Click the Generate table button. A new SCR is created and added to the Self Certificate Requests table. 4. In the Self Certificate Requests table, click the View table button in the Action column to view the new SCR. The Certificate Request Data screen displays (see Figure 7-14 on page 7-23). 7-22 Managing Users, Authentication, and Certificates v1.0, April 2010