Chapter 18 Certificates

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 64 Certificates > My Certificates

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

PKI Storage

This bar displays the percentage of the NWA’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 NWA has the factory default certificate.

 

The factory default certificate is common to all NWAs that use

 

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

 

factory default certificate with one that uses your NWA'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 NWA

 

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.

 

 

Valid From

This field displays the date that the certificate becomes applicable. The

 

text displays in red and includes a Not Yet Valid! message if the

 

certificate has not yet become applicable.

 

 

Valid To

This field displays the date that the certificate expires. The text displays

 

in red and includes an Expiring! or Expired! message if the certificate

 

is about to expire or has already expired.

 

 

Details

Click Details to open a screen with an in-depth list of information about

 

the certificate.

 

 

Create

Click Create to go to the screen where you can have the NWA generate

 

a certificate or a certification request.

 

 

Import

Click Import to open a screen where you can save the certificate that

 

you have enrolled from a certification authority from your computer to

 

the NWA.

 

 

 

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