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Distinguished name (DN) of the entity, which further includes the common name, county code,
locality, organization, unit in the organization, and state. If you configure the DN for an entity, a
common name is required.
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FQDN of the entity.
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IP address of the entity.
Whether the categories are required or optional depends on the CA policy. Follow the CA policy to
configure the entity settings. For example, if the CA policy requires the entity DN, but you configure only
the IP address, the CA rejects the certificate request from the entity.
The SCEP add-on on the Windows 2000 CA server has restrictions on the data length of a certificate
request. If a request for a PKI entity exceeds the data length limit, the CA server does not respond to the
certificate request. In this case, you can use an out-of-band means to submit the request and the CA
server can issue a certificate. Other types of CA servers, such as RSA servers and OpenCA servers, do
not have such restrictions.
To configure a PKI entity:
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Create a PKI entity and enter
its view.
pki entity
entity-name
By default, no PKI entities exist.
To create multiple PKI entities, repeat
this step.
3.
Set a common name for the
entity.
common-name
common-name-sting
By default, the common name is not set.
4.
Set the country code of the
entity.
country
country-code-string
By default, the country code is not set.
5.
Set the locality of the entity.
locality
locality-name
By default, the locality is not set.
6.
Set the organization of the
entity.
organization
org-name
By default, the organization is not set.
7.
Set the unit of the entity in
the organization.
organization-unit
org-unit-name
By default, the unit is not set.
8.
Set the state where the entity
resides.
state
state-name
By default, the state is not set.
9.
Set the FQDN of the entity.
fqdn
fqdn-name-string
By default, the FQDN is not set.
10.
Configure the IP address of
the entity.
ip
{
ip-address
|
interface
interface-type
interface-number
}
By default, the IP address is not
configured.
Configuring a PKI domain
A PKI domain contains enrollment information for a PKI entity. It is locally significant and is intended only
for reference by other applications like SSL.
The fingerprint of a CA root certificate is the hash value of the root certificate content. Each CA root
certificate has a unique hash value. You can specify the fingerprint used for verifying the root certificate
in the PKI domain.