Chapter 19 Certificates

19.6 My Certificate Create

Click Security > Certificates > My Certificates > Create to open the My Certificate Create screen. Use this screen to have the ZyXEL Device create a self-signed certificate, enroll a certificate with a certification authority or generate a certification request.

Figure 154 My Certificate Create

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 105 My Certificate Create

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Certificate Name

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

 

certificate.

 

 

Subject Information

Use these fields to record information that identifies the owner of 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 ZyXEL Device drops trailing spaces.

 

 

Organization

Type up to 127 characters to identify the company or group to which the

 

certificate owner belongs. You may use any character, including spaces, but

 

the ZyXEL Device drops trailing spaces.

 

 

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