Chapter 18 Certificates
18.5 Trusted CAs Screen
Use this screen to view the list of trusted certificates. The NWA accepts any valid certificate signed by a certification authority on this list as being trustworthy. You do not need to import any certificate that is signed by any certification authority on this list.
Click Certificates > Trusted CAs to open the Trusted CAs screen. The following figure displays.
Figure 134 Certificates > Trusted CAs
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 70 Trusted CAs
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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. |
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# | This field displays the certificate index number. The certificates are |
| listed in alphabetical order. |
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Name | This field displays the name used to identify this certificate. |
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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. |
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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 |
| certificates, this is the same information as in the Subject field. |
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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. |
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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. |
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