CAs

A CA is an internal CA that independently issues and signs the root and intermediate certificates. It enables the generation and signing of certificates for servers, users within an organisation’s closed systems to ensure connection trust. By supporting the signing of internal certificates, the CA allows the management of public key infrastructures (PKI), the issuing of TLS/SSL certificates, the authentication of users and the securing of communications in private networks.

2.1 Name

• Name of the selected CA

2.2 Key length

• Choose key length
• One of:
  • 1024
  • 2048
  • 3072
  • 4096

2.3 Encryption signature

• Choose type of encryption signature
• One of:
  • SHA-1
  • SHA-256
  • SHA-384
  • SHA-512

2.4 Common Name

• Enter the CA common name
• Maximum length of the text is 64
• Required

2.5 Validity (in days)

• Enter CA certificate name
• Minimum value is 30
• Maximum value is 730
• Required

2.6 Password

• Enter password which will be used to open the file

2.7 Type

• Choose the type of custom attributes, which are pieces of data that are embedded only in the CSR
• One of:
  • Distinguished_Name
  • NT_principal_Name
  • RFC822_Name
  • DNS_Name

2.8 Value

• Enter the value of type
• Global variables available
• Required

2.9 Remove

• Remove chosen custom attribute

2.10 Clear

• Remove all custom attributes

2.11 Add

• Add custom attribute

4.1 Name

• Enter CA certificate name
• Maximum length of the text is 64
• Required

4.2 Common name

• Enter common name
• Maximum length of the text is 64
• Required

4.3 Country code

• Enter country code
• Maximum length of text is 2

4.4 State or province

• Enter state or province name
• Maximum length of the text is 128

4.5 City

• Enter city name
• Maximum length of the text is 128

4.6 Organization

• Enter organization name
• Maximum length of the text is 64

4.7 Organization unit

• Enter organization unit name
• Maximum length of the text is 64

4.8 Key length

• Select one of available key lengths
• Required

4.9 Encryption signature

• Select encryption signature
• One of:
  • SHA-1
  • SHA-256
  • SHA-384
  • SHA-512
• Required

4.10 Certificate validity (in days)

• Enter number of days of certificate validity
• Maximum value is 3650
• Required

4.11 Signing certificate

• Select one of available signing certificates