FVS338 ProSafe VPN Firewall 50 Reference Manual
Virtual Private Networking 5-35
v1.0, September 2006
•Name – Enter a name that will identify this Certificate.
•Subject – This is the name which other organizations will see as the Holder (owner) of the
Certificate. Since this name will be seen by other organizations, you should use your
registered business name or official company name.
This information must be submitted in the following format: C=<country>, ST=<state>,
L=<city>, O=<organization>, OU=<department>, CN=<device name>. In the
following example: C=USA, ST=CA, L=Santa Clara, O=NETGEAR, OU=XX,
CN=FVS338)
• From the pull-down menus, select the following values:
– Hash Algorithm: MD5 or SHA2.
– Signature Algorithm: RSA.
– Signature Key Length: 512, 1024, 2048. (Larger key sizes may improve security, but
may also impact performance.)
3. Complete the Optional fields, if desired, with the following information:
•IP Address – If you have a fixed IP address, you may enter it here. Otherwise, you should
leave this field blank.
•Domain Name – If you have a Domain name, you can enter it here. Otherwise, you
should leave this field blank.
•E-mail Address– Enter your e-mail address in this field.
4. Click Generate. Your request will display in the Self Certificate Requests table.
5. View the request by clicking View in the Action column. The Self Certificate Request screen
will display.
6. The Self Certificate Request data screen will display the data required for submission to the
CA. Copy the data in the Data to supply to CA field data into a file, including all of the data
contained in “----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST---” and “---END CERTIFICATE
REQUEST---”
7. Following the instructions of the CA to complete the certificate request process.