Chapter 12 Certificates
P-660HN-FxZ Series User’s Guide
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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.
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
certificate
Select
Create a self-signed certificate
to have the ZyXEL Device generate
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
request and save it
locally for later
manual enrollment
Select
Create a certification request and save it locally for later manual
enrollment
to have the ZyXEL Device generate and store a request for a
certificate. Use the
My Certificate Details
screen to view the certification
request and copy it to send to the certification authority.
Copy the certification request from the
My Certificate Details
screen (see
Section 12.2.3 on page 191
) and then send it to the certification authority.
Create a certification
request and enroll for
a certificate
immediately online
Select
Create a certification request and enroll for a certificate
immediately online
to have the ZyXEL Device generate a request for a
certificate and apply to a certification authority for a certificate.
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.
Table 68
My Certificate Create (continued)
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