Chapter 41 Certificates

 

Table 220 Object > Certificate > My Certificates > Add (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Organization

Identify the company or group to which the certificate owner belongs. You can

 

 

 

use up to 31 characters. You can use alphanumeric characters, the hyphen

 

 

 

and the underscore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Country

Identify the nation where the certificate owner is located. You can use up to 31

 

 

 

characters. You can use alphanumeric characters, the hyphen and the

 

 

 

underscore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Type

Select RSA to use the Rivest, Shamir and Adleman public-key algorithm.

 

 

 

Select DSA to use the Digital Signature Algorithm public-key algorithm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Length

Select a number from the drop-down list box to determine how many bits the

 

 

 

key should use (512 to 2048). The longer the key, the more secure it is. A

 

 

 

longer key also uses more PKI storage space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enrollment Options

These radio buttons deal with how and when the certificate is to be generated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create a self-signed

Select Create a self-signed certificate to have the ZyWALL generate the

 

 

certificate

certificate and act as the Certification Authority (CA) itself. This way you do not

 

 

 

need to apply to a certification authority for certificates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create a certification

Select Create a certification request and save it locally for later manual

 

 

request and save it

enrollment to have the ZyWALL generate and store a request for a certificate.

 

 

locally for later

Use the My Certificate Details screen to view the certification request and

 

 

manual enrollment

copy it to send to the certification authority.

 

 

 

Copy the certification request from the My Certificate Details screen (see

 

 

 

Section 41.2.2 on page 646) and then send it to the certification authority.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create a certification

Select Create a certification request and enroll for a certificate

 

 

request and enroll for

immediately online to have the ZyWALL generate a request for a certificate

 

 

a certificate

and apply to a certification authority for a certificate.

 

 

immediately online

You must have the certification authority’s certificate already imported in the

 

 

 

Trusted Certificates screen.

 

 

 

When you select this option, you must select the certification authority’s

 

 

 

enrollment protocol and the certification authority’s certificate from the drop-

 

 

 

down list boxes and enter the certification authority’s server address. You also

 

 

 

need to fill in the Reference Number and Key if the certification authority

 

 

 

requires them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enrollment Protocol

This field applies when you select Create a certification request and enroll

 

 

 

for a certificate immediately online. Select the certification authority’s

 

 

 

enrollment protocol from the drop-down list box.

 

 

 

Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) is a TCP-based enrollment

 

 

 

protocol that was developed by VeriSign and Cisco.

 

 

 

Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) is a TCP-based enrollment

 

 

 

protocol that was developed by the Public Key Infrastructure X.509 working

 

 

 

group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and is specified in RFC

 

 

 

2510.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CA Server Address

This field applies when you select Create a certification request and enroll

 

 

 

for a certificate immediately online. Enter the IP address (or URL) of the

 

 

 

certification authority server.

 

 

 

For a URL, you can use up to 511 of the following characters. a-zA-Z0-9'()+,/

 

 

 

:.=?;!*#@$_%-

 

 

 

 

 

 

CA Certificate

This field applies when you select Create a certification request and enroll

 

 

 

for a certificate immediately online. Select the certification authority’s

 

 

 

certificate from the CA Certificate drop-down list box.

 

 

 

You must have the certification authority’s certificate already imported in the

 

 

 

Trusted Certificates screen. Click Trusted CAs to go to the Trusted

 

 

 

Certificates screen where you can view (and manage) the ZyWALL's list of

 

 

 

certificates of trusted certification authorities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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