Operation Manual – PKI
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 PKI Configuration
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1.3 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:
z
Common name of the entity.
z
Country code of the entity, a standard 2-character code. For example, CN
represents China and US represents the United States of America.
z
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.
z
IP address of the entity.
z
Locality where the entity resides.
z
Organization to which the entity belongs.
z
Unit of the entity in the organization.
z
State where the entity resides.
Note:
The configuration of an entity DN must comply with the CA certificate issue policy. You
need to determine, for example, which entity DN parameters are mandatory and which
are optional. Otherwise, certificate request may be rejected.
Follow these steps to configure an entity DN:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Create an entity and enter
its view
pki entity
entity-name
Required
No entity exists by default.
Configure the common
name for the entity
common-name
name
Optional
No common name is
specified by default.
Configure the country
code for the entity
country country-code-str
Optional
No country code is
specified by default.
Configure the FQDN for
the entity
fqdn name-str
Optional
No FQDN is specified by
default.