3com WX1200 User Manual

To use this command, you must already have obtained a copy of the 
certificate authority’s 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 ca-certificate command on the CLI command line.

3 When MSS prompts you for the PEM-formatted certificate, paste the 

PKCS #7 object file onto the command line. 

Examples — The following command adds the certificate authority’s 
certificate to WX certificate and key storage:

WX4400# crypto ca-certificate admin
Enter PEM-encoded certificate
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIDwDCCA2qgAwIBAgIQL2jvuu4PO5FAQCyewU3ojANBgkqhkiG9wOBAQUFADCB
mzerMClaweVQQTTooewi\wpoer0QWNFNkj90044mbdrl1277SWQ8G7DiwYUtrqoQplKJvxz
.....
Lm8wmVYxP56M;CUAm908C2foYgOY40=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

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Installs one of the WX switch’s PKCS #7 certificates into the certificate 
and key storage area on the WX switch. The certificate, which is issued 
and signed by a certificate authority, authenticates the WX switch either 
to 3WXM or Web Manager, or to 802.1X supplicants (clients).

Syntax — 

crypto certificate  {admin | eap | web} 

PEM-formatted certificate

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 — Stores the certificate authority’s administrative certificate, 

which authenticates the WX switch to 3WXM or Web Manager.

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 — Stores the certificate authority’s Extensible Authentication 

Protocol (EAP) certificate, which authenticates the WX switch to 
802.1X supplicants (clients).

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 — Stores the certificate authority’s WebAAA certificate, which 

authenticates the WX to clients who use WebAAA.