User's Manual Part 2

SCP-LPS20x-011-012-01H December 20, 2004
150 ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
At this stage, two files have been created:
• www.company.com.pem, which contains the X.509 certificate for the web
• www.company.com.key, which contains the private key for the server. server’s public key.
A copy of www.company.com.pem has been created as:
C:\certificates\DemoCA\CA\newcerts\01.pem
The file containing the next serial number that will be used for the next certificate to be signed has been updated:
C:\certificates\DemoCA\CA\serial
The previous version of this file is in:
C:\certificates\DemoCA\CA\serial.old
The file containing the serial numbers and descriptions of all certificates issued by the certificate authority has been
updated with a description of the certificate just issued to www.company.com:
C:\certificates\DemoCA\CA\index.txt
The previous version of this file is in:
C:\certificates\DemoCA\CA\index.txt.old
CREATING A SELF-SIGNED CERTIFICATE
If you decide to use this option, there is no need for a certificate authority. This limits the effectiveness of the
certificate since it is signed using the private key of the server.
For the purposes of this example:
• the certificate will be requested for the domain name: www.yourserver.com
• the secret password used to protect the key is your_password
1. Open a Windows command-line session.
2. Go to the directory where you installed the certificate tools. This example assumes c:\certificates.
3. Execute the command: newselfcert domain_name.
C:\certificates>newselfcert www.company.com
You will now be prompted for a password
that will protect the new private key.
Loading 'screen' into random state - done
0 semi-random bytes loaded
Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus
......................................................................
.....+++++
+
........++++++
e is 65537 (0x10001)
Enter pass phrase: your_password
Verifying password - Enter pass phrase: your_password
Re-enter the password for your new private key
(The same you just entered)
Enter pass phrase for www.company.com.key: your_password