Chapter 14 Certificates

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 67 Configuration > Object > Certificate > Trusted Certificates > Edit

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Name

This field displays the identifying name of this certificate. You can

 

change the name. You can use up to 31 alphanumeric and

 

;‘~!@#$%^&()_+[]{}’,.=- characters.

 

 

Certification Path

Click the Refresh button to have this read-only text box display the

 

end entity’s certificate and a list of certification authority certificates

 

that shows the hierarchy of certification authorities that validate the

 

end entity’s certificate. If the issuing certification authority is one that

 

you have imported as a trusted certificate, it may be the only

 

certification authority in the list (along with the end entity’s own

 

certificate). The NWA3000-N series AP does not trust the end entity’s

 

certificate and displays “Not trusted” in this field if any certificate on

 

the path has expired or been revoked.

 

 

Refresh

Click Refresh to display the certification path.

 

 

Enable X.509v3

Select this check box to have the NWA3000-N series AP check

CRL Distribution

incoming certificates that are signed by this certificate against a

Points and OCSP

Certificate Revocation List (CRL) or an OCSP server. You also need to

checking

configure the OSCP or LDAP server details.

 

 

OCSP Server

Select this check box if the directory server uses OCSP (Online

 

Certificate Status Protocol).

 

 

URL

Type the protocol, IP address and pathname of the OCSP server.

 

 

ID

The NWA3000-N series AP may need to authenticate itself in order to

 

assess the OCSP server. Type the login name (up to 31 ASCII

 

characters) from the entity maintaining the server (usually a

 

certification authority).

 

 

Password

Type the password (up to 31 ASCII characters) from the entity

 

maintaining the OCSP server (usually a certification authority).

 

 

LDAP Server

Select this check box if the directory server uses LDAP (Lightweight

 

Directory Access Protocol). LDAP is a protocol over TCP that specifies

 

how clients access directories of certificates and lists of revoked

 

certificates.

 

 

Address

Type the IP address (in dotted decimal notation) of the directory

 

server.

 

 

Port

Use this field to specify the LDAP server port number. You must use

 

the same server port number that the directory server uses. 389 is

 

the default server port number for LDAP.

 

 

ID

The NWA3000-N series AP may need to authenticate itself in order to

 

assess the CRL directory server. Type the login name (up to 31 ASCII

 

characters) from the entity maintaining the server (usually a

 

certification authority).

 

 

Password

Type the password (up to 31 ASCII characters) from the entity

 

maintaining the CRL directory server (usually a certification

 

authority).

 

 

Certificate

These read-only fields display detailed information about the

Information

certificate.

 

 

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