ProSafe Gigabit 8 Port VPN Firewall FVS318G Reference Manual
Virtual Private Networking 5-35
v1.1, August 2010
•Issuer Name. The name of the CA that issued the certificate.
•Expiry Time. The date on which the certificate expires. You should renew the certificate
before it expires.
Obtaining a Self Certificate from a Certificate Authority
To use a self certificate, you must first request the certificate from the CA, then download and
activate the certificate on your system. To request a self certificate from a CA, you must generate a
Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for your VPN firewall. The CSR is a file containing
information about your company and about the device that will hold the certificate. Refer to the
CA for guidelines on the information you include in your CSR.
To generate a new Certificate Signing Request (CSR) file:
1. Locate the Generate Self Certificate Request section of the Certificates screen.
Figure 5-25