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3-24 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide

Publication Number: 53-0000518-09

Configuring for the SSL Protocol

Installing a Root Certificate to the Java Plug-in

For information on Java requirements, refer to “Browser and Java Support” on page 3-18.

This procedure is a guide for installing a root certificate to the Java Plug-in on the management

workstation. If the root certificate is not already installed to the plug-in, you should install it. For more

detailed instructions, refer to the documentation that came with the certificate and to the Sun

Microsystems Web site (www.sun.com).

1. Copy the root certificate file from its location on the FTP server to the Java Plug-in bin. For

example, the bin location might be:

2. Open a Command Prompt window and change directory to the Java Plug-in bin.

3. Enter the keytool command and respond to the prompts:

In the example, changeit is the default password and RootCert is an example root certificate name.

Displaying and Deleting Certificates

Table 3-7 summarizes the commands for displaying and deleting certificates. For details on the

commands, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual.

C: \program files\java\j2re1.4.2_03\bin

C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_03\bin> keytool -import -alias RootCert -file

RootCert.crt -keystore ..\lib\security\RootCerts

Enter keystore password: changeit

Owner: CN=Brocade, OU=Software, O=Brocade Communications, L=San Jose,

ST=California, C=US

Issuer: CN=Brocade, OU=Software, O=Brocade Communications, L=San Jose,

ST=California, C=US

Serial number: 0

Valid from: Thu Jan 15 16:27:03 PST 2004 until: Sat Feb 14 16:27:03 PST 2004

Certificate fingerprints:

MD5: 71:E9:27:44:01:30:48:CC:09:4D:11:80:9D:DE:A5:E3

SHA1: 06:46:C5:A5:C8:6C:93:9C:FE:6A:C0:EC:66:E9:51:C2:DB:E6:4F:A1

Trust this certificate? [no]: yes

Certificate was added to keystore

Table 3-7 Commands for Displaying and Deleting SSL Certificates

Command Description

secCertUtil show Displays the state of the SSL key and a list of installed certificates

secCertUtil show filename Displays the contents of a specific certificate

secCertUtil showcsr Displays the contents of a CSR

secCertUtil delete filename Deletes a specified certificate

secCertUtil delcsr Deletes a CSR