Manual:System/Certificates

Applies to RouterOS: v6.0 +

Summary

Sub-menu: /certificate
Package required: security
Standards: RFC 5280, draft-nourse-scep-22

Certificate manager is used to collect all certificates inside router, to manage and create serlf-signed certificates and to control and set SCEP related configuration.

General Menu

Sub-menu: /certificate

Properties

Property	Description
alias ()
ca (yes | no)
decrypted-private-key (yes | no)	Whether private key is decrypted
dsa (yes | no)
email (string)
invalid-after (date)	The date after which certificate wil be invalid.
invalid-before (date)	The date before which certificate is invalid.
issuer (string)
name (string)	Name of the certificate. Name can be edited.
private-key (yes | no)
rsa (yes | no)
serial-number (string)
subject (string)

Commands

Command	Description
create-certificate-request ()	Creates certificate request file and key.
decrypt ()	Decrypt private key.
import (file-name)	File name of certificate or key to be imported.
reset-certificate-cache ()	Resets certificate cache after this private keys must be decrypted.

Self-Signed CA Management

Sub-menu: /certificate ca

Starting from RouterOS version 6 it is possible to manage and create self-signed CAs. It is not possible to import self signed CAs here. Implementation was made based on RFC 5280 and all certificates are X.509 v3.

All certificate fingerprints are SHA1. All private keys and CA export passphrase are stored encrypted with hardware ID. CRL renewal happens at every certificate revocation and after 24hours.

Note: Time and date on routers MUST be correct

Properties

Property	Description
alias ()
common-name (string)
country (string)
crl-host (string)
email (string)
expired (yes | no)	Whether CA is expired.
fingerprint (string)
invalid-after (date)	The date after which CA wil be invalid.
invalid-before (date)	The date before which CA is invalid.
issuer (string)
locality (string)
name (string)	Name of the certificate. Name can be edited.
organization (string)
self-signed (yes | no)	Whether CA is self signed
serial-number (string)
state (string)
unit (string)

Commands

Command	Description
create-self-signed-ca ()	Creates self signed CA and generates key. Required extensions are export passphrase (which is used to protect private key when user tries to export it), validity period and IP address.
export (name or number of cert)	Exports certificate and private key which is encrypted with provided passphrase.
remove (name or number of cert)	Remove specified CA and all linked certificates.

Self-signed Certificates

Sub-menu: /certificate ca certificate

Properties

Property	Description
ca (string)	Name of the CA certificate stored in Self-Signed CAs menu
common-name (string)
country (string)
email (string)
expired (yes | no)	Whether certificate is expired
fingerprint (string)
invalid-after (date)	Date after which certificate will be invalid
invalid-before (date)	Date before which certificate is invalid
locality (string)
name (string)
organization (string)
revoked (date)	Date and time when certificate was last revoked
serial-number (string)
state (string)
unit (string)

Commands

Command	Description
create-certificate ()	Generate certificate and key assigned from specified CA. User manually provides standard certificate parameters.
sign-certificate-request (ca, days-valid, file-name, key-bits)	Generates certificate and key, except that standard parameters are taken from certificate request. Command takes four parameters: ca - name of the CA certificate days-valid - validity period file-name - certificate request filename key-bits - RSA key bits
revoke (name or number of cert)	Certificate can't be deleted. You can only revoke it. After revoke is executed certificate is added to CRL and CRL is renewed.
export (name or number of cert)	Export certificate and private key. Difference from CA export is that private key is protected with passphrase specified during the export process. Everyone ho has rights to export can access private keys.

SCEP

Sub-menu: /certificate
Standards: draft-nourse-scep-22

Simple Certificate Enrollment protocol (SCEP) was developed based on draft-nourse-scep-22.

The protocol is designed so that any user can request certificate as simple as possible. The protocol allows to issue and revoke certificates.

How SCEP works

Topology: CL ---- RA ---- CA

• CL - client
• RA - registration authority (proxy)
• CA - certification authority (server)

SCEP is using HTTP protocol and base64 encoded GET requests.

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Client

Sub-menu: /certificate scep client

Server

Sub-menu: /certificate scep server

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