Create an IKE Certificate on the Administration Station

The first step ijn this process is to create an IKE certificate on the remote Administration Station and to export it to a file.

To Create the Certificate on a Trusted Solaris 8 Administrative Screen

1. Open a terminal window and become root, if not already.

2. Create the IKE self-generated certificate.

   # ssadm certlocal -Iks -m 512 -t rsa-md5 -D "C=US, O=YOUR_ORG, CN=admin_name"

3. Export the Administration Station's certificate to a file.

   # ssadm certdb -I -e "C=US, O=YOUR_ORG, CN=admin_name" > /tmp/admin_cert

4. Set up the Screen.

To Create the Certificate on a Solaris 9 Administration Station

1. Open a terminal window and become root, if not already.

2. Create the IKE self-generated certificate.

   # ikecert certlocal -ks -m 512 -t rsa-md5 -D "C=US, O=YOUR_ORG, CN=admin_name"

3. Export the Administration Station's certificate to a file.

   # ikecert certdb -e "C=US, O=YOUR_ORG, CN=admin_name" > /tmp/admin_cert

4. Set up the Screen.