Chapter 18 Certificates

18.1.2 What You Need To Know About Certificates

The following terms and concepts may help as you read through this chapter.

The NWA also trusts any valid certificate signed by any of the imported trusted CA certificates. The certification authority certificate that you want to import has to be in one of these file formats:

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

•PEM (Base-64) encoded X.509: This Privacy Enhanced Mail format uses 64 ASCII characters to convert a binary X.509 certificate into a printable form.

•Binary PKCS#7: This is a standard that defines the general syntax for data (including digital signatures) that may be encrypted. The NWA currently allows the importation of a PKS#7 file that contains a single certificate.

•PEM (Base-64) encoded PKCS#7: This Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) format uses 64 ASCII characters to convert a binary PKCS#7 certificate into a printable form.

18.2My Certificates Screen

Use this screen to view the NWA’s summary of certificates and certification requests. Click Certificates > My Certificates. The following screen displays.

Figure 124 Certificates > My Certificates

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