Command Reference Guide

32 ● certificate request from 3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family
Command Reference
certificate request from
Purpose Use the certificate request from command to choose between CA and RA
to register for certificate request.
Use the undo certificate request from command to undo the selected
registration agent.
Syntax certificate request from { ca | ra }
undo certificate request from
Parameters ca
Indicates that the entity registers by CA for certificate
request.
ra
Indicates that the entity registers by RA for certificate
request.
Default By default, no registration agent is specified. PKI security policy recommends RA as
registration agent.
Example Specify that the entity registers by CA for certificate request
[RouterCA-pki-domain-1] certificate request from ca
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ PKI Domain view
Description RA offers an extension to the CA certificate issue management. It takes charge of the
input and verification of the applicant information as well as the certificate issuing.
But it supports no signature function. Within some minor PKI systems, there is no RA
and its functions are implemented through CA.