Chapter 14 Certificates

Figure 97 My Certificates

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 57 My Certificates

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

PKI Storage

This bar displays the percentage of the ZyXEL Device’s PKI storage space that is

Space in Use

currently in use. When you are using 80% or less of the storage space, the bar is

 

green. When the amount of space used is over 80%, the bar is red. When the bar

 

is red, you should consider deleting expired or unnecessary certificates before

 

adding more certificates.

 

 

Replace

This button displays when the ZyXEL Device has the factory default certificate.

 

The factory default certificate is common to all ZyXEL Devices that use

 

certificates. ZyXEL recommends that you use this button to replace the factory

 

default certificate with one that uses your ZyXEL Device's MAC address.

 

 

#

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. It is recommended that

 

you give each certificate a unique name.

 

 

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.

 

*SELF represents the default self-signed certificate, which the ZyXEL Device uses

 

to sign imported trusted remote host certificates.

 

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.

 

 

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