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User Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server
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Chapter 8 Establishing Cisco Secure ACS System Configuration
Cisco Secure ACS Certificate Setup
To generate a certificate signing request, follow these steps:
Step 1 In the navigation bar, click System Configuration.
Step 2 Click ACS Certificate Setup.
Step 3 Click Generate Certificate Signing Request.
Result: Cisco Secure ACS displays the Generate new request table on the
Generate Certificate Signing Request page.
Step 4 In the Certificate subject box, type cn= followed by the name that you would like
to use as subject name in this ACS certificate, for example,
cn=ACSWireless.
Step 5 In the Private key file box, type the full directory path and name of the file in
which the private key is saved, for example,
c:\privateKeyFile.pem.
Step 6 In the Private key password box, type the private key password (that you have
invented).
Step 7 In the Retype private key password box, retype the private key password.
Step 8 From the Key length list, select the length of the key to be used.
Tip The choices for Key length are 512 or 1024 bits. The default and more
secure choice is 1024 bits.
Step 9 From the Digest to sign with list, select the digest (or hashing algorithm).
Tip The choices for Digest to sign with are MD2, MD5, SHA, and SHA1. The
default is SHA1.
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