Chapter 17 Maintenance Screens

The screen is also the same for the Create a certificate authorized by other CA option. Figure 184 Maintenance > SSL > Create or Edit a Certificate

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 118 Maintenance > SSL > Create or Edit a Certificate

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Common Name

This name describes the certificate’s origin, either in the form of an IP address or a

 

domain name.

 

 

Host IP Address

Select this option and enter the NSA’s IP address if you want to use this for the

 

common name.

 

 

Host Domain Name

Select this option and enter the NSA’s domain name if you want to use this for the

 

common name

 

 

Organizational Unit

Enter this name of the organizational unit which owns or maintains the NSA. This is

(Optional)

an optional field.

 

 

Organization (Optional)

Enter this name of the organization or company which owns or maintains the NSA.

 

This is an optional field.

 

 

Country (Optional)

Enter this name of the country in which the NSA is located. This is an optional field.

 

 

Key Type

Select the certificate’s key type, either RSA or DSA. RSA is a public-key encryption

 

and digital signature algorithm, while DSA is only a digital signature algorithm.

 

 

Key Length

Select the encryption key length. The longer the key, the better the encryption

 

security. The only drawback to having a long key is that the file encrypted with it

 

swells in size as well.

 

 

Apply

Click this to save your changes.

 

 

Cancel

Click this to discard changes and close the window.

 

 

17.7 The Shutdown Screen

Use this screen to turn off the NSA or perform a software restart. A software restart is faster than turning the NSA off and then turning it on again. Before shutting down or restarting, check the System Status > Active Sessions screen to make sure that no one is logged into the NSA or transferring files to or from the NSA.

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