Certificate generation for a network appliance

摘要

A method and system for generating identity certificates. The method may include receiving a user request to activate a network appliance, and causing a network appliance identifier and a transaction identifier of an activation transaction associated with the user request to be transmitted to the network appliance. A certificate signing request (CSR) and the transaction identifier may be received from the network appliance, the CSR including the network appliance identifier. A certificate may be generated for the network appliance if the activation transaction is valid.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
receiving from a client, by a processing device, a user request to activate a network appliance; transmitting, by the processing device, a network appliance identifier and a transaction identifier which uniquely identifies an activation transaction associated with the user request, wherein the network appliance identifier and the transaction identifier are received by the client and by the network appliance; receiving, by the processing device, a certificate signing request (CSR) and the transaction identifier from the network appliance, the CSR comprising the network appliance identifier; and generating, by the processing device, a certificate for the network appliance when the activation transaction is valid.