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• Create a SSL Certificate Signing Request using the panel shown in Figure 6-23. You need
to fill out a number of fields that are explained below. Once this is done, click on the button
“ Create ” which will initiate the Certificate Signing Request generation. The CSR can be
downloaded to your administration machine with the “Download CSR” button (see Figure
6-24).
• Send the saved CSR to a CA for certification. You will get the new certificate from the CA
after a more or less complicated traditional authentication process (depending on the CA).
• Upload the certificate to the DKVM-IP8 switch using the “ Upload ” button as shown in
Figure 6-24.
Figure 6-24. SSL Certificate Upload
After completing these three steps, the DKVM-IP8 switch has its own certificate that is used
for identifying the card to its clients.
Warning
If you destroy the CSR on the DKVM-IP8 switch there is no way to get it back! In case you
deleted it by mistake, you have to repeat the three steps as described above.
Common name
This is the network name of the DKVM-IP8 switch once it is installed in the user's network
(usually the fully qualified domain name). It is identical to the name that is used to access the
DKVM-IP8 switch with a web browser (without the “http://” prefix). In case the name given here
and the actual network name differ, the browser will pop up a security warning when the DKVM-
IP8 switch is accessed using HTTPS.
Organizational unit
This field is used for specifying to which department within an organization the DKVM-IP8
switch belongs.
Organization
The name of the o rganization to which the DKVM-IP8 switch belongs.
Locality/City
The city where the organization is located.