Chapter 12 Administration

Administration Certificate Management

Fields

These fields appear in the Certificate Authorities, Identity Certificates, or SSL Certificate tables:

Field

Content

Subject/Issuer

The Common Name (CN) or Organizational Unit (OU) (if present), plus the

 

Organization (O) in the Subject and Issuer fields of the certificate. The

 

format is CN at O, OU at O, or just O; for example, Root 2 at CyberTrust.

 

The CN, OU, and O fields display a maximum of 33 characters each. See

 

Administration Certificate Management Certificates View.

Expiration

The expiration date of the certificate. The date format is MM/DD/YYYY.

SCEP Issuer

In order for a certificate to be available for SCEP enrollment, it must be

 

installed via SCEP. This field indicates if the certificate is SCEP-enabled.

 

Yes = This certificate can issue identity and SSL certificates via SCEP.

 

No = This certificate cannot issue certificates via SCEP.

 

 

 

 

 

Note If you want to use a certificate for SCEP enrollment, but that

 

 

 

certificate is not SCEP-enabled, reinstall it using SCEP.

 

 

 

Actions

This column allows you to manage particular certificates. The actions

 

available vary with type and status of the certificate.

 

View = View details of this certificate.

 

Configure = Enable CRL (Certificate Revocation List) checking for this

 

 

CA certificate, modify SCEP parameters, or enable acceptance of

 

 

subordinate CA certificates.

 

Delete = Delete this certificate from the VPN 3002.

 

Show RAs = SCEP-enabled CA certificates sometimes have supporting

 

 

(RA) certificates. View details of these certificates. (Only available for

 

 

CA certificates.)

 

Hide RAs = Hide the details of the RA certificates.

 

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VPN 3002 specifications

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