NETGEAR FVS318G manual Understanding and Viewing Active Self Certificates

ProSafe Gigabit 8 Port VPN Firewall FVS318G Reference Manual

To view the VPN certificates:

Select VPN from the main menu and Certificates from the submenu. The Certificates screen displays. The top section of the Certificates screen displays the Trusted Certificates (CACertificates) section.

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When you obtain a self certificate from a CA, you will also receive the CA certificate. In addition, many CAs make their certificates available on their Websites.

To load a CA certificate into your VPN firewall:

1.Store the CA certificate file on your computer.

2.Under Upload Trusted Certificates in the Certificates menu, click Browse and locate the CA certificate file.

3.Click Upload. The CA Certificate will appear in the Trusted Certificates (CA Certificates) table.

Understanding and Viewing Active Self Certificates

Instead of obtaining a digital certificate from a CA, you can generate and sign your own digital certificate. However, a self-signed digital certificate triggers a warning from most browsers because it provides no protection against identity theft of the server. Figure 5-23 on page 5-34shows an image of a browser security alert.

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