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Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Command Line Reference
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crypto certificate
Installs one of the WSS’s PKCS #7 certificates into the certificate and key storage area on the WSS. The certificate,
which is issued and signed by a certificate authority, authenticates the WSS either to WLAN Management Software or
Web View, or to 802.1X supplicants (clients).
Syntax
crypto certificate {admin | eap | web} PEM-formatted certificate
Defaults
None.
Access
Enabled.
History
Usage
To use this command, you must already have generated a certificate request with the crypto
generate request command, sent the request to the certificate authority, and obtained a signed copy of the
WSS certificate as a PKCS #7 object file. Then do the following:
1 Open the PKCS #7 object file with an ASCII text editor such as Notepad or vi.
2 Enter the crypto certificate command on the CLI command line.
3 When WSS Software prompts you for the PEM-formatted certificate, paste the PKCS #7 object file onto
the command line.
The WSS verifies the validity of the public key associated with this certificate before installing it, to prevent a mismatch
between the WSS’s private key and the public key in the installed certificate.
Examples
The following command installs a certificate:
WSS# crypto certificate admin
Enter PEM-encoded certificate
admin Stores the certificate authority’s administrative certificate, which
authenticates the WSS to WLAN Management Software or Web View.
eap Stores the certificate authority’s Extensible Authentication Protocol
(EAP) certificate, which authenticates the WSS to 802.1X supplicants
(clients).
web Stores the certificate authority’s Web-based AAA certificate, which
authenticates the WSS to clients who use Web-based AAA.
PEM-formatted
certificate
ASCII text representation of the PKCS #7 certificate, consisting of up to
5120 characters, that you have obtained from the certificate authority.
Version 4.1 webaaa option renamed to web