Chapter 12 Certificates

 

Table 68 My Certificate Create (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Key

Type the key that the certification authority gave you.

 

 

 

 

Back

Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.

 

 

 

 

Apply

Click this to save the certificate on the ZyXEL Device.

 

 

 

 

Cancel

Click this to clear your settings.

 

 

 

After you click Apply in the My Certificate Create screen, you see a screen that tells you the ZyXEL Device is generating the self-signed certificate or certification request.

After the ZyXEL Device successfully enrolls a certificate or generates a certification request or a self-signed certificate, you see a screen with a Return button that takes you back to the My Certificates screen.

If you configured the My Certificate Create screen to have the ZyXEL Device enroll a certificate and the certificate enrollment is not successful, you see a screen with a Return button that takes you back to the My Certificate Create screen. Click Return and check your information in the My Certificate Create screen. Make sure that the certification authority information is correct and that your Internet connection is working properly if you want the ZyXEL Device to enroll a certificate online.

12.2.3 My Certificate Details

Use this screen to view in-depth certificate information and change the certificate’s name. In the case of a self-signed certificate, you can set it to be the one that the ZyXEL Device uses to sign the trusted remote host certificates that you import to the ZyXEL Device. Click Security

>Certificates > My Certificates to open the My Certificates screen (see Figure 108 on page 188). Click the edit icon to open the My Certificate Details screen.

 

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