Chapter 11 Certificates

11.7 My Certificate Export

Click SECURITY > CERTIFICATES > My Certificates and then a certificate’s export icon to open the My Certificate Export screen. Follow the instructions in this screen to choose the file format to use for saving the certificate from the ZyXEL Device to a computer.

11.7.1 Certificate File Export Formats

You can export a certificate in one of these file formats:

•Binary X.509: This is an ITU-T recommendation that defines the formats for X.509 certificates.

•Binary PKCS#12: This is a format for transferring public key and private key certificates. The private key in a PKCS #12 file is within a password-encrypted envelope. The file’s password is not connected to your certificate’s public or private passwords. Exporting a PKCS #12 file creates this and you must provide it to decrypt the contents when you import the file into the ZyXEL Device.

Figure 123 SECURITY > CERTIFICATES > My Certificates > Export

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 53 SECURITY > CERTIFICATES > My Certificates > Export

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Export the certificate in

Binary X.509 is an ITU-T recommendation that defines the formats for X.509

binary X.509 format.

certificates.

 

 

Export the certificate

PKCS#12 is a format for transferring public key and private key certificates.

along with the

You can also password-encrypt the private key in the PKCS #12 file. The

corresponding private

file’s password is not connected to your certificate’s public or private

key in PKCS#12 format.

passwords.

 

 

Password

Type the file’s password to use for encrypting the private key. The password

 

is optional, although you must specify one if you want to be able to import

 

the PKCS#12 format certificate into Netscape version 7.2.

 

 

Retype to confirm

Type the password to make sure that you have entered it correctly.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply and then Save in the File Download screen. The Save As

 

screen opens, browse to the location that you want to use and click Save.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to quit and return to the My Certificates screen.

 

 

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