62 DataPower SOA Appliance Service Planning, Implementation, and Best Practices
3.2.3 Cryptographic tools
The DataPower appliance includes a collection of useful cryptographic tools,
which you can access by selecting Administration Crypto Tools. This
section describes these tools.
Generate Key
The Generate Key action generates a private cryptographic key on the appliance
and optionally a corresponding self-signed certificate. By default, the Generate
Key action also creates a corresponding Certificate Signing Request (CSR) that
is needed by a Certificate Authority (CA). CA policies can vary with the amount of
information they require in a CSR; therefore, we recommend checking with the
CA before generating a CSR to ensure that sufficient inf ...