
UM020107-1211 SSL Configuration
ZTP Network Security SSL Plug-In
User Manual
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required, a public/private key pair). Third party utilities can also be used to generate these
items.
The first step is to generate a self-signed root certificate that will terminate the certificate
chain. Generating this root certificate will generate a server certificate that will be signed
with the root certificate, as the following instruction shows.
1. Generate a self-signed RSA (512-bit) certificate.
In the following example, the interactive mode of the
OpenSSL req command is used
to enter information about the issuer. This information can also be provided in a con-
figuration file.
OpenSSL> req -newkey rsa:512 -x509 -nodes -out Root.crt -keyout
RootKey.txt -set_serial 0x01 -days 365
Loading 'screen' into random state - done
Generating a 512 bit RSA private key
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writing new private key to 'RootKey.txt'
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You are about to be asked to enter information that will be
incorporated into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished
Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
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Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:US
State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:CA
Locality Name (e.g., city) []:San Jose
Organization Name (e.g., company) [Internet Widgets Pty
Ltd]:Zilog
Organizational Unit Name (e.g., section) []:.
Common Name (e.g., YOUR name) []:ZTP SSL CA
Email Address []:.
This command generates a 512-bit RSA self-signed certificate with the subject and
issuer common name set to
ZTP SSL CA. The certificate will be valid for 365 days
starting from the current date, and the certificate’s serial number will be set to
01. The
X.509 certificate that is generated will be in PEM (i.e., Base64 ASN.1 DER data) and
stored in a file named
Root.crt. A PEM-encoded RSA private key file will also be
generated and stored in a file named
RootKey.txt. The -nodes option directs the
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