Specifications

15-8 Cryptography Commands
Usage
Tousethiscommand,youmustalreadyhavegeneratedapublic‐privateencryptionkeypairwith
thecryptogeneratekeycommand.
Entercryptogeneraterequestadmin,cryptogeneraterequesteap,orcryptogeneraterequest
webauthenticationandpressEnter.Whenyouareprompted,typetheidentifyingvaluesinthe
fields,
orpressEnterifthefieldisoptional.Youmustentera commonnamefortheRoamAbout
Switch.
ThiscommandoutputsaPKCS #10textstringinPrivacy‐EnhancedMailprotocol(PEM)format
thatyoupastetoanotherlocationforsubmissiontothecertificateauthority.Youthensendthe
requesttothe
certificateauthoritytoobtainasig nedcopyoftheRoamAboutcertificateasa
PKCS #7objectfile.
Example
Torequestanadministrativecertificatefromacertificateauthority,typethefollowingcommand:
RBT-8100# crypto generate request admin
Country Name: US
State Name: CA
Locality Name: Pleasanton
Organizational Name: Enterasys
Organizational Unit: ENG
Common Name: ENG
Email Address: [e-mail]
Unstructured Name: admin
CSR for admin is
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----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-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
Related Commands
• cryptocertificateonpage 15‐4
• cryptogeneratekeyonpage 15‐6