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SR-207 Cisco IOS XR System Security Command Reference Software Authentication Manager Commands on Cisco IOS XR Software This chapter describes the Cisco IOS XR software command s used to conf igure Softw a re Authentication Manager (SAM). For detailed information about SAM concepts, configurati on tasks, and e xamples, see the Conf iguring Softwar [...]
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Software Authentication Ma nager Commands on Cisco IOS XR Software sam add certificate SR-208 Cisco IOS XR System Security Co mma nd Reference sam add certificate T o add a ne w certif icate to th e certif icate table, use th e sam add certificate command in EXEC mode. sam add certif icate fil e p a t h location { trust | untrust } Syntax Descripti[...]
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Software Authenticatio n Manager Command s on Cisco IOS XR Software sam add certificate SR-209 Cisco IOS XR System Security Command Reference requires user authentication. Another example is acqu iring the certificate from a person or entity that you can verify , such as by checkin g the identif ication badge fo r a person. If you b ypass the v ali[...]
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Software Authentication Ma nager Commands on Cisco IOS XR Softwa re sam delete certificate SR-210 Cisco IOS XR System Security Co mma nd Reference sam delete certificate T o delete a certificate from the certificate table, use the sam delete ce rtificate command in EXEC mode. sam delete certif icate location c ertificate-index Syntax Descripti on D[...]
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Software Authenticatio n Manager Command s on Cisco IOS XR Software sam delete certificate SR-211 Cisco IOS XR System Security Command Reference The follo wing example sho ws how to cancel the delet ion of the certif icate identif ied by the index number 1 from the r oot loca tion: RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router# sam delete certificate root 1 Do you really w[...]
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Software Authentication Ma nager Commands on Cisco IOS XR Softwa re sam prompt-interval SR-212 Cisco IOS XR System Security Co mma nd Reference sam prompt-interval T o set the interv al that the Softw are Authenticatio n Manager (S AM) waits after pro mpting the user for input when it d etects an abnormal condi tion at boot t ime and to determi ne [...]
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Software Authenticatio n Manager Command s on Cisco IOS XR Software sam prom pt-int erval SR-213 Cisco IOS XR System Security Command Reference The follo wing message appears when the software de tects the abn ormal condition of a Code Si gning Server (CSS) certif icate expired: SAM detects CA certificate (Code Signing Server Certificate Authority)[...]
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Software Authentication Ma nager Commands on Cisco IOS XR Softwa re sam verify SR-214 Cisco IOS XR System Security Co mma nd Reference sam verify T o use the Message Digest 5 (MD5) hash algorithm to verify the inte grity of th e software compon ent on a flash memory card and ensure th at it has not been tampered with during tr ansit, use the sam ve[...]
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Software Authenticatio n Manager Command s on Cisco IOS XR Software sam verify SR-215 Cisco IOS XR System Security Command Reference If the message digest matches the me ssage digest generated by the sam v erify command, the software component is v alid. Note Y ou should calculate the hash code on the contents of the fl ash memory code at the desti[...]
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Software Authentication Ma nager Commands on Cisco IOS XR Softwa re show sam certificate SR-216 Cisco IOS XR System Security Co mma nd Reference show sam certificate T o display records in the certificate table, use the show sam certificate command in EXEC mode. show sam certif icate { detail location certif icate -index | summary { all | location [...]
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Software Authenticatio n Manager Command s on Cisco IOS XR Software show sam certificate SR-217 Cisco IOS XR System Security Command Reference Examples The followi ng sample output is from th e show sam certificate summary all command. In th is examp le, the root location has one cer tifi cate, and disk0 has one certif icate: RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router# [...]
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Software Authentication Ma nager Commands on Cisco IOS XR Softwa re show sam certificate SR-218 Cisco IOS XR System Security Co mma nd Reference The follo wing sample output from the show sam certificate command sh ow s ho w to display parti cular SAM deta ils: RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router# show sam certificate detail mem 1 --------------------------------[...]
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Software Authenticatio n Manager Command s on Cisco IOS XR Software show sam certificate SR-219 Cisco IOS XR System Security Command Reference Ta b l e 1 7 describes the signif icant f ields sho wn in the display . T able 1 7 show sam certificat e detail mem 1 Field Descr iptions Field Descriptions Certif icate Location Location of the certif icate[...]
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Software Authentication Ma nager Commands on Cisco IOS XR Softwa re show sam c rl SR-220 Cisco IOS XR System Security Co mma nd Reference show sam crl T o display the records in the certi fi cate re vocation list (CRL) table, use the sho w sam crl command in EXEC mode. show sam crl { summary | detail crl-inde x } Syntax Descripti on Defaults No def[...]
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Software Authenticatio n Manager Command s on Cisco IOS XR Software show sam crl SR-221 Cisco IOS XR System Security Command Reference Ta b l e 1 8 describes the signif icant f ields sho wn in the display . The follo wing sample output is from the show sam crl detail 1 command: RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router# show sam crl detail 1 ---------------------------[...]
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Software Authentication Ma nager Commands on Cisco IOS XR Softwa re show sam l og SR-222 Cisco IOS XR System Security Co mma nd Reference show sam log T o display the contents o f the Software Auth entication Manager (SAM) log f i le, use the show sam log command in EXEC mode. show sam log [ lines-number ] Syntax Descripti on Defaults The show sam [...]
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Software Authenticatio n Manager Command s on Cisco IOS XR Software show sam pack age SR-223 Cisco IOS XR System Security Command Reference show sam package T o display informatio n about the certif icate used to authenticate the software for a particular p ackage installed on the netwo rking de vice, use the show sam package command in EXEC mode. [...]
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Software Authentication Ma nager Commands on Cisco IOS XR Softwa re show sam packag e SR-224 Cisco IOS XR System Security Co mma nd Reference Validity Start :[UTC] Tue Oct 9 23:14:28 2001 Validity End :[UTC] Wed Apr 9 23:24:28 2002 CRL Distribution Point file://CodeSignServerCertEnrollCode%20Signing%20Server%20Certificate %20Authority.crl Versi[...]
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Software Authenticatio n Manager Command s on Cisco IOS XR Software show sam pack age SR-225 Cisco IOS XR System Security Command Reference Related Commands Issued By Name of the entity that issued the certificate. V e rsion X.509 versi on of the certif icat e. The version can be 1 (X.509v1), 2 (X.509v2), or 3 (X .509v3). Issuing Algorithm Hash and[...]
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Software Authentication Ma nager Commands on Cisco IOS XR Softwa re show sam sysinfo SR-226 Cisco IOS XR System Security Co mma nd Reference show sam sysinfo T o display current conf iguration settings for the Software Authentication Manager (SAM), use the show sam sysinfo command in EXEC mode. show sam sysinf o Syntax Descripti on This command has[...]
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Software Authenticatio n Manager Command s on Cisco IOS XR Software show sam sy sinf o SR-227 Cisco IOS XR System Security Command Reference Related Commands T able 21 sho w sam sysinfo Field Descr iptions Field Description Status One of the follo wing: running or not running. If the SAM is not running, the System Manager should det ect that state [...]
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Software Authentication Ma nager Commands on Cisco IOS XR Softwa re show sam sysinfo SR-228 Cisco IOS XR System Security Co mma nd Reference[...]