User's Manual

Management & Security Operations
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Certificates come in several forms (encoding and protocol). The following
table shows the forms that can be installed in the CMA system.
Encoding
Standard /
File Type
Description and Installation Method
PEM
(Base64-encoded
ASCII text)
PKCS #7
standard
P7B file
Certificate chain containing:
• A signed certificate for the system,
authenticating its public key.
• The CA’s public certificate.
• Sometimes intermediate
certificates.
Upload file or paste into text box.
CER (single
certificate) file
Signed certificate for the system,
authenticating its public key.
Upload file or paste into text box.
Certificate text Encoded certificate text copied from
CA’s E-mail or secure web page.
Paste into text box.
DER
(binary format
using ASN.1
Abstract Syntax
Notation)
PKCS #12
standard
PFX file
Certificate chain containing:
• A signed certificate for the system,
authenticating its public key.
• A private key for the system.
• The CA’s public certificate.
• Sometimes intermediate
certificates.
Upload file.
PKCS #7
standard
P7B file
Certificate chain containing:
• A signed certificate for the system,
authenticating its public key.
• The CA’s public certificate.
• Sometimes intermediate
certificates.
Upload file.
CER (single
certificate) file
(X.509 standard
format)
Digital certificate that uniquely identifies
the system within the PKI.
Upload file.