Chapter 33 Certificates

Table 163 Configuration > Object > Certificate > Trusted Certificates (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Object

You cannot delete certificates that any of the ZyWALL’s features are configured to use.

References

Select an entry and click Object References to open a screen that shows which settings

 

use the entry. See Section 7.3.2 on page 122 for an example.

 

 

#

This field displays the certificate index number. The certificates are listed in alphabetical

 

order.

 

 

Name

This field displays the name used to identify this certificate.

 

 

Subject

This field displays identifying information about the certificate’s owner, such as CN

 

(Common Name), OU (Organizational Unit or department), O (Organization or company)

 

and C (Country). It is recommended that each certificate have unique subject

 

information.

 

 

Issuer

This field displays identifying information about the certificate’s issuing certification

 

authority, such as a common name, organizational unit or department, organization or

 

company and country. With self-signed certificates, this is the same information as in the

 

Subject field.

 

 

Valid From

This field displays the date that the certificate becomes applicable.

 

 

Valid To

This field displays the date that the certificate expires. The text displays in red and

 

includes an Expired! message if the certificate has expired.

 

 

Import

Click Import to open a screen where you can save the certificate of a certification

 

authority that you trust, from your computer to the ZyWALL.

 

 

Refresh

Click this button to display the current validity status of the certificates.

 

 

33.3.1 The Trusted Certificates Edit Screen

Click Configuration > Object > Certificate > Trusted Certificates and then a certificate’s Edit icon to open the Trusted Certificates Edit screen. Use this screen to view in-depth information about the certificate, change the certificate’s name and set whether or not you want the ZyWALL to check a certification authority’s list of revoked certificates before trusting a certificate issued by the certification authority.

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