Chapter 19 Certificates

 

Table 118 My Certificate Create (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Country

Type up to 127 characters to identify the nation where the certificate owner is

 

 

 

located. You may use any character, including spaces, but the ZyXEL Device

 

 

 

drops trailing spaces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Length

Select a number from the drop-down list box to determine how many bits the

 

 

 

key should use (512 to 2048). The longer the key, the more secure it is. A

 

 

 

longer key also uses more PKI storage space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enrollment Options

These radio buttons deal with how and when the certificate is to be generated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create a self-signed

Select Create a self-signed certificate to have the ZyXEL Device generate

 

 

certificate

the certificate and act as the Certification Authority (CA) itself. This way you do

 

 

 

not need to apply to a certification authority for certificates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create a certification

Select Create a certification request and save it locally for later manual

 

 

request and save it

enrollment to have the ZyXEL Device generate and store a request for a

 

 

locally for later

certificate. Use the My Certificate Details screen to view the certification

 

 

manual enrollment

request and copy it to send to the certification authority.

 

 

 

Copy the certification request from the My Certificate Details screen (see

 

 

 

Section 19.7 on page 308) and then send it to the certification authority.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create a certification

Select Create a certification request and enroll for a certificate

 

 

request and enroll for

immediately online to have the ZyXEL Device generate a request for a

 

 

a certificate

certificate and apply to a certification authority for a certificate.

 

 

immediately online

You must have the certification authority’s certificate already imported in the

 

 

 

Trusted CAs screen.

 

 

 

When you select this option, you must select the certification authority’s

 

 

 

enrollment protocol and the certification authority’s certificate from the drop-

 

 

 

down list boxes and enter the certification authority’s server address. You also

 

 

 

need to fill in the Reference Number and Key if the certification authority

 

 

 

requires them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enrollment Protocol

Select the certification authority’s enrollment protocol from the drop-down list

 

 

 

box.

 

 

 

Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) is a TCP-based enrollment

 

 

 

protocol that was developed by VeriSign and Cisco.

 

 

 

Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) is a TCP-based enrollment

 

 

 

protocol that was developed by the Public Key Infrastructure X.509 working

 

 

 

group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and is specified in RFC

 

 

 

2510.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CA Server Address

Enter the IP address (or URL) of the certification authority server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CA Certificate

Select the certification authority’s certificate from the CA Certificate drop-

 

 

 

down list box.

 

 

 

You must have the certification authority’s certificate already imported in the

 

 

 

Trusted CAs screen. Click Trusted CAs to go to the Trusted CAs screen

 

 

 

where you can view (and manage) the ZyXEL Device's list of certificates of

 

 

 

trusted certification authorities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request

When you select Create a certification request and enroll for a certificate

 

 

Authentication

immediately online, the certification authority may want you to include a

 

 

 

reference number and key to identify you when you send a certification

 

 

 

request. Fill in both the Reference Number and the Key fields if your

 

 

 

certification authority uses CMP enrollment protocol. Just fill in the Key field if

 

 

 

your certification authority uses the SCEP enrollment protocol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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