Chapter 15 Certificates

Table 82 SECURITY > CERTIFICATES > My Certificates > Create (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Common Name

Select a radio button to identify the certificate’s owner by IP address, domain

 

name or e-mail address. Type the IP address (in dotted decimal notation),

 

domain name or e-mail address in the field provided. The domain name or e-

 

mail address can be up to 31 ASCII characters. The domain name or e-mail

 

address is for identification purposes only and can be any string.

 

 

Organizational Unit

Type up to 63 characters to identify the organizational unit or department to

 

which the certificate owner belongs. You may use any character, including

 

spaces, but the ZyWALL drops trailing spaces.

 

 

Organization

Type up to 63 characters to identify the company or group to which the

 

certificate owner belongs. You may use any character, including spaces, but

 

the ZyWALL drops trailing spaces.

 

 

Country

Type up to 63 characters to identify the nation where the certificate owner is

 

located. You may use any character, including spaces, but the ZyWALL drops

 

trailing spaces.

 

 

The fields below display when you click Advanced >>.

 

 

Subject Name

You must configure at least one of these fields.

 

Select an item from the drop-down list box and enter the corresponding

 

information in the field to the right.

 

SN (serial number) - select this and enter the certificate’s identification

 

number, such as the ZyWALL’s MAC address. You can use up to 63

 

characters.

 

CN (common name) - select this and enter a name to identify the owner of the

 

certificate. You can use up to 63 characters.

 

OU (organizational unit) - select this and enter a unit within the organization

 

to identify the owner of the certificate. You can use up to 63 characters.

 

O (organization) - select this and enter an organization to identify the owner

 

of the certificate. You can use up to 63 characters.

 

DC (domain component) - select this and enter the domain component of a

 

domain to identify the owner of the certificate. For example, if the domain is

 

zyxel.com, the domain component is “zyxel” or “com”. You can use up to 63

 

characters.

 

L (locality name) - select this and enter the place where the owner of the

 

certificate resides, such as a city or county. You can use up to 63 characters.

 

ST (state or province name) - select this and enter the state or province in

 

which the owner of the certificate resides. You can use up to 63 characters.

 

C (country) - select this and enter the name of the country at which the owner

 

of the certificate resides. You can use up to 63 characters.

 

unstructuredName (PKCS 9 unname) - select this and enter the name of the

 

owner of the certificate as an unstructured ASCII string. You can use up to 63

 

characters. Check with the certificate’s issuing certification authority for their

 

interpretation in this field if you select to apply to a certification authority for a

 

certificate.

 

unstructuredAddress (PKCS 9 unaddr) - select this and enter the address

 

of the owner of the certificate as an unstructured ASCII string. You can use up

 

to 63 characters. Check with the certificate’s issuing certification authority for

 

their interpretation in this field if you select to apply to a certification authority

 

for a certificate.

 

MAILTO (PKCS 9 email address) - select this and enter the email address of

 

the owner of the certificate. You can use up to 63 characters. Check with the

 

certificate’s issuing certification authority for their interpretation in this field if

 

you select to apply to a certification authority for a certificate.

 

 

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