Chapter 18 Certificates

Table 66 Certificates > My Certificates (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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 the details icon to open a screen with an in-depth list of

 

information about the certificate.

 

Click the delete icon to remove the certificate. A window displays asking

 

you to confirm that you want to delete the certificate.

 

You cannot delete a certificate that one or more features is configured

 

to use.

 

Do the following to delete a certificate that shows *SELF in the Type

 

field.

 

1. Make sure that no other features, such as HTTPS, VPN, SSH are

 

configured to use the *SELF certificate.

 

2. Click the details icon next to another self-signed certificate (see the

 

description on the Create button if you need to create a self-signed

 

certificate).

 

3. Select the Default self-signed certificate which signs the

 

imported remote host certificates check box.

 

4. Click Apply to save the changes and return to the My Certificates

 

screen.

 

5. The certificate that originally showed *SELF displays SELF and you

 

can delete it now.

 

Note that subsequent certificates move up by one when you take this

 

action

 

 

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.

 

 

Delete

Click Delete to delete an existing certificate. A window display asking

 

you to confirm that you want to delete the certificate. Note that

 

subsequent certificates move up by one when you take this action.

 

 

Refresh

Click Refresh to display the current validity status of the certificates.

 

 

18.4.1 My Certificates Import Screen

Use this screen if you have an existing CA-issued certificate you want to use for authentication. Follow the instructions in this screen to save it to the NWA. Click Certificates> My Certificates and then Import to open the My Certificate Import screen.

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