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

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.

 

 

Trusted CA Certificates

 

 

#

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

218

 

NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User’s Guide