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Creating a new bank with private and public keys

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This procedure describes how to create a new bank in EBICS Server with generated key pairs for encryption and authentication.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Open a session in the EBICS Server administration interface.
  2. In the EBICS Server user Interface, select the Banks menu item.
  3. Select Create new bank.
  4. Complete the fields.
    5. ClosedView fields
    Field Description
    Name Enter a unique name that is used to identify a bank at various points in the administration interface.
    Host ID Enter the bank EBICS identifier.
    Long IDs Select this option to activate the use of the updated EBICS 2.4 standard for character length.
    EBICS support Select this option to enable EBICS support for the new bank.
    EBICS Host-ID Enter the bank EBICS identifier.
    URL

    Enter https://<hostname>:<port>/ebics/EbicsServlet

    Where <port> depends on the port configuration of the EBICS Server.

    Do not change the ebics/EbicsServlet part of this URL.
    Import PKCS12 file Do not select this option.
    Protocol versions

    Select the EBICS standard version you intend to use for exchanges between the bank and remote client.

    • H002 (EBICS 2.3)
    • H003 (EBICS 2.4)
    Signature versions

    Select the EBICS public key signature versions you intend to use for exchanges between the bank and remote clients.

    • A004
    • A005
    • A006
    Force certificates

    Select this option to require the customer to use X.509 certificates.
  5. Click Save.
  6. Click Terminate change.

Results

EBICS Server creates a new bank object.

EBICS Server creates an entity in PassPort with the following parameters:

EBICS Server generates the following RSA public keys and their corresponding private key in PassPort:

The PassPort entity is trusted, therefore the created certificates are trusted. This means that the certificates are used as a Trust Anchor.

Related topics

EBICS security services via PassPort