Chapter 14 Certificates

Table 59 My Certificate Create (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Common Name

Select a radio button to identify the certificate’s owner by IP address, domain

 

name or e-mail address. Type the IP address (in dotted decimal notation),

 

domain name or e-mail address in the field provided. The domain name or e-

 

mail address can be up to 31 ASCII characters. The domain name or e-mail

 

address is for identification purposes only and can be any string.

 

 

Organizational Unit

Type up to 127 characters to identify the organizational unit or department to

 

which the certificate owner belongs. You may use any character, including

 

spaces, but the ZyXEL Device drops trailing spaces.

 

 

Organization

Type up to 127 characters to identify the company or group to which the

 

certificate owner belongs. You may use any character, including spaces, but

 

the ZyXEL Device drops trailing spaces.

 

 

Country

Type up to 127 characters to identify the nation where the certificate owner is

 

located. You may use any character, including spaces, but the ZyXEL Device

 

drops trailing spaces.

 

 

Key Length

Select a number from the drop-down list box to determine how many bits the

 

key should use (512 to 2048). The longer the key, the more secure it is. A

 

longer key also uses more PKI storage space.

 

 

Enrollment Options

These radio buttons deal with how and when the certificate is to be generated.

 

 

Create a self-signed

Select Create a self-signed certificate to have the ZyXEL Device generate

certificate

the certificate and act as the Certification Authority (CA) itself. This way you do

 

not need to apply to a certification authority for certificates.

 

 

Create a certification

Select Create a certification request and save it locally for later manual

request and save it

enrollment to have the ZyXEL Device generate and store a request for a

locally for later

certificate. Use the My Certificate Details screen to view the certification

manual enrollment

request and copy it to send to the certification authority.

 

Copy the certification request from the My Certificate Details screen (Section

 

14.9 on page 165) and then send it to the certification authority.

 

 

Create a certification

Select Create a certification request and enroll for a certificate

request and enroll for

immediately online to have the ZyXEL Device generate a request for a

a certificate

certificate and apply to a certification authority for a certificate.

immediately online

You must have the certification authority’s certificate already imported in the

 

Trusted CAs screen.

 

When you select this option, you must select the certification authority’s

 

enrollment protocol and the certification authority’s certificate from the drop-

 

down list boxes and enter the certification authority’s server address. You also

 

need to fill in the Reference Number and Key if the certification authority

 

requires them.

 

 

Enrollment Protocol

Select the certification authority’s enrollment protocol from the drop-down list

 

box.

 

Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) is a TCP-based enrollment

 

protocol that was developed by VeriSign and Cisco.

 

Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) is a TCP-based enrollment

 

protocol that was developed by the Public Key Infrastructure X.509 working

 

group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and is specified in RFC

 

2510.

 

 

CA Server Address

Enter the IP address (or URL) of the certification authority server.

 

 

CA Certificate

Select the certification authority’s certificate from the CA Certificate drop-

 

down list box.

 

You must have the certification authority’s certificate already imported in the

 

Trusted CAs screen. Click Trusted CAs to go to the Trusted CAs screen

 

where you can view (and manage) the ZyXEL Device's list of certificates of

 

trusted certification authorities.

 

 

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