ZyXEL Communications HW-D Series User Manual

P-662H/HW-D Series User’s Guide

Appendix I Certificates Commands

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The following describes the certificate commands. See 

information on the command structure.

All of these commands start with certificates. 

Table 166   Certificates Commands

my_cert

create

create

selfsigned 
<name> 
<subject> 
[key size]

Create a self-signed local host certificate. 

<name> specifies a descriptive name for the 

generated certificate. <subject> specifies a 

subject name (required) and alternative name 

(required). The format is "subject-name-

dn;{ip,dns,email}=value". If the name contains 

spaces, please put it in quotes. [key size] 

specifies the key size. It has to be an integer 

from 512 to 2048. The default is 1024 bits.

create

request 
<name> 
<subject> 
[key size]

Create a certificate request and save it to the 

router for later manual enrollment. <name> 

specifies a descriptive name for the generated 

certification request. <subject> specifies a 

subject name (required) and alternative name 

(required). The format is "subject-name-

dn;{ip,dns,email}=value". If the name contains 

spaces, please put it in quotes. [key size] 

specifies the key size. It has to be an integer 

from 512 to 2048. The default is 1024 bits.

create

scep_enroll 
<name> <CA 
addr> <CA 
cert> <auth 
key> 
<subject> 
[key size]

Create a certificate request and enroll for a 

certificate immediately online using SCEP 

protocol. <name> specifies a descriptive name 

for the enrolled certificate. <CA addr> specifies 

the CA server address. <CA cert> specifies the 

name of the CA certificate. <auth key> specifies 

the key used for user authentication. If the key 

contains spaces, please put it in quotes. To 

leave it blank, type "". <subject> specifies a 

subject name (required) and alternative name 

(required). The format is "subject-name-

dn;{ip,dns,email}=value". If the name contains 

spaces, please put it in quotes. [key size] 

specifies the key size. It has to be an integer 

from 512 to 2048. The default is 1024 bits.