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The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) provides a common set of infrastructure features supporting public key and certificate-based authentication based on the RSA public/private key pairs and X.509 digital certificates.

Certificate Types

Local-Internal Certificates

In previous SBC versions, the RSA key pairs and Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for SBC platforms were generated on an external workstation. The CSR was then submitted to a Certificate Authority, and the resulting certificate was received back from the CA, copied onto the workstation, and combined with the private key in a PKCS#12 file which was used to install the key pair and certificate onto the SBC.

The SBC application can now generate and install RSA key pairs and generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR) on the SBC system itself. The certificate request is sent to a CA, and the issued certificate is then installed on the SBC. The local-internal certificate option simplifies the certificates and keys managing process and also provides more security since the private key never leaves the SBC. For steps to configure local-internal certificates, see Generating PKI Certificates.

Local Certificates

Local certificates are credentials belonging to the local system itself, which it presents to peers in order to prove its identity. You have to download local certificate files to the system before installing the certificates.

Remote Certificates

Remote certificates are credentials belonging to Certificate Authorities (CA). The copies of these certificates are installed in the SBC because they are part of a chain of certificates the local system will present to peers, or because the corresponding CAs are trust anchors for the local system. Certificates belonging to non-CA remote systems should also be installed as trust anchors in this manner.

The Certificate Authority (CA) certificates and trusted remote certificates contain public key certificates; they do not contain the private keys. The CA certificates and remote certificates are Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER) format files; a method for encoding a data object (such as an X.509 certificate) which uses a digital signature to bind together a public key with an identity.

The SBC imports these certificates from Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER) formatted files.

Note

The SBC supports a maximum of 4,096 TLS certificates/CAs (both local and remote).

Command Syntax

Set Command Syntax

% set system security pki certificate <certificate name>
	fileName <1-255 characters>
	passPhrase <pass phrase>
	state <disabled | enabled>
	type <local | local-internal | remote>


% show system security pki
 
% delete system security pki

Request Command Syntax

% request system security 
	eventLogValidation 
        deleteUserPrivateKey
        generateDefaultKeys
        setUserPrivateKey <uniqueUserPrivateKeyName> <userPrivateKey>
        showPublicKey <default/user>
    generateSipHeaderEncryptionKeys
	pki 
		certificate <certificate name>
			generateCSR
				csrSub (max 255 chars)
				keySize (ketSize1K | keySize2K)
				subjectAlternativeDnsName (0-512 chars)
			importCert certContent (max 4096 chars)
			retrieveCertContent
		uploadCertificate

Command Parameters

 

Set Parameters

set system security Parameters

 

Parameter

Description

certificate

<certificate name> – The collection of certificates configured on the SBC.

fileName

Certificate content filename.

passPhrase

Specifies the pass-phrase to decrypt RSA private key in PKCS12 file.
Note: The passPhrase is limited to 23 characters.

state

Administration state of this certificate. Options are:

  • disabled – Prohibits the PKI certificate from being used by the SBC for authenticating remote peers (when this is a remote certificate) OR presenting its own identity (in case of a local or local-internal certificate).
  • enabled – Certificate can be used by SBC for authentication purposes.

The certificate must first be installed on the SBC before enabling it.

type

Specifies the certificate type – CA (remote) certificate or local certificate. Options are:

  • local – Certificate belongs to (has as its subject) the local system itself; the key pair and CSR were generated elsewhere.
  • local-internal – Certificate belongs to (has as its subject) the local system itself; the key pair and CSR were generated on this machine.
  • remote – Certificate belongs to (has as its subject) a remote entity such as a  CA or peer device.

Request Parameters

request system security Parameters

Parameter

Description

eventLogValidation

deleteUserPrivateKey – Delete an existing user-submitted private key. When the key is removed the SBC will revert back to using its default private key.

generateDefaultKeys – Requests the generation of a new default SBC-generated private key pair.

setUserPrivateKey <uniqueUserPrivateKeyName> <userPrivateKey> – Configures the user-submitted private key. The private key is encrypted in CDB using existing CDB encryption methods. The user-submitted private key is only available internally. The key is encrypted and hidden, thus not displayable, once configured in CDB.

showPublicKey <user/default> – Access the public key associated with the chosen private key. 

generateSipHeaderEncryptionKeys

Use this command to generate header encryption keys. A "Success" or "Failure" indication is returned. The SBC then adds the key-Id to each encrypted header based on which key is selected as the correct key for decryption.

The SBC stores up to two sets of keys at any given time. There is no limit to the number of times this command may be executed. Additionally, there is no specific time delay required before reissuing the command.

NOTE: Generating new keys too frequently may lead to a situation where the SBC receives a request with an expired key-id (i.e. the current header encryption key is over-written due to the new key generation) causing unsuccessful decryption of headers. This may lead to call failures any calls caught in the transition to the new key-id.

pki

PKI certification configuration details.

  • certificate <certificateName> –The name for a collection of certificates configured on SBC.
    • generateCSR – Use this parameter to generate CSR (Certificate Signing Request).

      • csrSub – CSR subject name (max 255 chars). Place the parameter value within quotation marks if a string contains a space.

      • keySize – Size of the key to generate private key via openssl command.

        • keySize1K

        • keySize2K

      • subjectAlternativeDnsName – Alternative DNS subject name(s). Multiple alternative names can be specified using "," (comma) separator. (0-512 chars). Example:  "nj.example.com, in.example.com, uk.example.com, ca.example.com, tx.example.com"

    • importCert certContent – Import PEM format certificate (max 4096 characters).
      Note: When issuing this command, the SBC enables multi-line mode automatically. To exit multi-line mode you must press Ctrl+D manually.
    • retrieveCertContent – Retrieve content of an existing PKI certificate (local, local-internal and remote).
  • uploadCertificate – Upload a pk12 certificate.

 

 

Command Example

To display security management configuration:

% show system security pki certificate
certificate testSBCCert {
    state 		enabled;
	fileName	sonuscert.pem
    type  local-internal;
}
certificate defaultSBCCert {
    state      enabled;
    fileName   sonuscert.p12;
    passPhrase $3$KFfiuJ0Lifk=;
    type       local;
}

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