Generate CSR on Juniper Netscreen ScreenOS

Juniper Netscreen ScreenOS device comes with transport level security, IP packet inspection, and virtualization. To enable SSL on Juniper Netscreen, you have to generate the CSR (certificate signing request) then install SSL on Juniper CentOS.

Generate the CSR:

Open the WebUI application
Browse NetScreen Option menu >> Configuration >> Select Date/Time

SSL Configuration date time

Click on Sync clock with Client

Ensure that “Automatically adjust clock for daylight savings changes” option is enabled then click Yes tab.

Again browse Option >> Network >> DNS

SSL Network DNS

You will be asked to provide host name and domain name and click Apply tab.

SSL Network DNS Host Domain Name

Browse Options >> Objects >> Select certificates

SSL Objects Certificates

Now, click on New button

SSL Certificates click on New

Fill the details like name, phone, organization unit, country, state, email address, IP address and FQDN (fully qualified domain name).

SSL ertificate subject information

Click Generate button. Your CSR is generated; save the file on server in txt format.

After the process of CSR generation, you need to install SSL certificate on Juniper Netscreen ScreenOS, which we will discuss in our next article.