Chapter 41 Certificates

Table 196 Configuration > Object > Certificate > My Certificates (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Type

This field displays what kind of certificate this is.

 

REQ represents a certification request and is not yet a valid certificate.

 

Send a certification request to a certification authority, which then

 

issues a certificate. Use the My Certificate Import screen to import

 

the certificate and replace the request.

 

SELF represents a self-signed certificate.

 

CERT represents a certificate issued by a certification authority.

 

 

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 a certificate to the

 

ZyWALL.

 

 

Refresh

Click Refresh to display the current validity status of the certificates.

 

 

41.2.1 The My Certificates Add Screen

Click Configuration > Object > Certificate > My Certificates and then the Add icon to open the My Certificates Add screen. Use this screen to have the

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