Chapter 18 Certificates

Click Certificates > My Certificates and then Create to open the My Certificate Create screen. The following figure displays.

Figure 132 Certificates > My Certificate Create

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 68 Certificates > My Certificate Create

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Certificate Name

Type up to 31 ASCII characters (not including spaces) to identify

 

this certificate.

 

 

Subject

Use these fields to record information that identifies the owner of

Information

the certificate. You do not have to fill in every field, although the

 

Common Name is mandatory. The certification authority may add

 

fields (such as a serial number) to the subject information when it

 

issues a certificate. It is recommended that each certificate have

 

unique subject information.

 

 

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 NWA drops trailing spaces.

 

 

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