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The generated key pair is saved for use by the Bridge’s
certificate management function.
The PEM-formatted CSR generated is suitable for cutting and
pasting for submission to a Certificate Authority (CA). It is not
retained in the Bridge’s configuration, but you can open (or
save) it at the time you generate the CSR, or reconstruct it later
with the
GET CSR button associated with its entry in the X.509
Keys
list.
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----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-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
In order to generate a CSR/key pair, you must provide a name
to associate with the stored key pair and specify at least one
X.500 distinguished name (DN) attribute:
CSR Name - establishes a name for the public/private key
pair generated with the CSR.
Unit Country, Unit State, Unit Locality - establish the country
(C), State or Province (ST) and Locality (L) attributes of the
DN.
Organization, Organizational Unit - establish the
Organization (O) and Organizational Unit (OU) attributes of
the DN.
Key Type - selects the algorithm and key length, in bits, for
the key pair to be generated for the CSR:
rsa2048 - (the default) RSA (Rivest, Shamir and
Adleman) 2048-bit
ec256 - elliptical curve 256-bit
ec384 - elliptical curve 384-bit
Key types are listed on the dropdown (and above) from
lowest to highest level of security.
To generate a CSR and key pair:
1 Log on to the Bridge GUI through an Administrator-level
account and select
Maintain -> Certificates from the menu
on the left.
2 In the X.509 Keys frame of the Certificates screen, click
GENERATE CSR.