Certificate Requirements

When you issue a certificate signed by your own CA, you must meet the following requirements:

  • The encoding must use UTF8String.
  • You must use the same character encoding for all certificates in your certificate chain.
  • The “Subject Name” in the CSR file downloaded from Secure Access must be honored.
    • The certificate must be valid for no more than three years.
    • The certificate must be an X509v3 certificate with an RSA public key not less than 2048 and no more than 4096.
  • Use one of the following signature algorithms:
    • SHA256withRSA
    • SHA384withRSA
    • SHA512withRSA
  • Include the following X509v3 extensions:
    • X509v3 Basic Constraints marked as critical: CA:TRUE
    • X509v3 Key Usage, marked as critical: Certificate Sign, CRL Sign