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Chapter 22 Certificates
VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide
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Figure 126
Security > Certificates > Local Certificates
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
22.3.1
Create Certificate Request
Click
Security
>
Certificates
>
Local Certificates
and then
Create Certificate Request
to
open the following screen. Use this screen to have the Device generate a certification request.
Table 95
Security > Certificates > Local Certificates
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Private Key is
protected by a
password
Select the checkbox and enter the private key into the text box to store it on the Device.
The private key should not exceed 63 ASCII characters (not including spaces).
Browse...
Click this to find the certificate file you want to upload.
Import Certificate
Click this button to save the certificate that you have enrolled from a certification
authority from your computer to the Device.
Create Certificate
Request
Click this button to go to the screen where you can have the Device generate a
certification request.
Current File
This field displays the name used to identify this certificate. It is recommended that you
give each certificate a unique name.
Subject
This field displays identifying information about the certificate’s owner, such as CN
(Common Name), OU (Organizational Unit or department), O (Organization or company)
and C (Country). It is recommended that each certificate have unique subject
information.
Issuer
This field displays identifying information about the certificate’s issuing certification
authority, such as a common name, organizational unit or department, organization or
company and country.
Valid From
This field displays the date that the certificate becomes applicable. The text displays in
red and includes a
Not Yet Valid!
message if the certificate has not yet become
applicable.
Valid To
This field displays the date that the certificate expires. The text displays in red and
includes an
Expiring!
or
Expired!
message if the certificate is about to expire or has
already expired.
Modify
Click the
View
icon to open a screen with an in-depth list of information about the
certificate (or certification request).
For a certification request, click
Load Signed
to import the signed certificate.
Click the
Remove
icon to delete the certificate (or certification request). You cannot
delete a certificate that one or more features is configured to use.
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Figure 127
Create Certificate Request
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
After you click
Apply
, the following screen displays to notify you that you need to get the certificate
request signed by a Certificate Authority. If you already have, click
Load_Signed
to import the
signed certificate into the Device. Otherwise click
Back
to return to the
Local Certificates
screen.
Figure 128
Certificate Request Created
Table 96
Create Certificate Request
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Certificate
Name
Type up to 63 ASCII characters (not including spaces) to identify this certificate.
Common Name
Select
Auto
to have the Device configure this field automatically. Or select
Customize
to
enter it manually.
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 63 ASCII characters. The
domain name or e-mail address is for identification purposes only and can be any string.
Organization
Name
Type up to 63 characters to identify the company or group to which the certificate owner
belongs. You may use any character, including spaces, but the Device drops trailing spaces.
State/Province
Name
Type up to 32 characters to identify the state or province where the certificate owner is
located. You may use any character, including spaces, but the Device drops trailing spaces.
Country/Region
Name
Select a country to identify the nation where the certificate owner is located.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to exit this screen without saving.
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22.3.2
Load Signed Certificate
After you create a certificate request and have it signed by a Certificate Authority, in the
Local
Certificates
screen click the certificate request’s
Load Signed
icon to import the signed certificate
into the Device.
Note: You must remove any spaces from the certificate’s filename before you can import
it.
Figure 129
Load Signed Certificate
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
22.4
The Trusted CA Screen
Click
Security > Certificates > Trusted CA
to open the following screen. This screen displays a
summary list of certificates of the certification authorities that you have set the Device to accept as
trusted. The Device accepts any valid certificate signed by a certification authority on this list as
being trustworthy; thus you do not need to import any certificate that is signed by one of these
certification authorities.
Table 97
Load Signed Certificate
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Certificate
Name
This is the name of the signed certificate.
Certificate
Copy and paste the signed certificate into the text box to store it on the Device.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to exit this screen without saving.
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Figure 130
Security > Certificates > Trusted CA
The following table describes the fields in this screen.
22.4.1
View Trusted CA Certificate
Click the
View
icon in the
Trusted CA
screen to open the following screen. Use this screen to view
in-depth information about the certification authority’s certificate.
Table 98
Security > Certificates > Trusted CA
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Import
Certificate
Click this button to open a screen where you can save the certificate of a certification
authority that you trust to the Device.
#
This is the index number of the entry.
Name
This field displays the name used to identify this certificate.
Subject
This field displays information that identifies the owner of the certificate, such as Common
Name (CN), OU (Organizational Unit or department), Organization (O), State (ST) and
Country (C). It is recommended that each certificate have unique subject information.
Type
This field displays general information about the certificate.
ca
means that a Certification
Authority signed the certificate.
Modify
Click the
View
icon to open a screen with an in-depth list of information about the
certificate (or certification request).
Click the
Remove
button to delete the certificate (or certification request). You cannot
delete a certificate that one or more features is configured to use.
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Figure 131
Trusted CA: View
The following table describes the fields in this screen.
22.4.2
Import Trusted CA Certificate
Click the
Import Certificate
button in the
Trusted CA
screen to open the following screen. The
Device trusts any valid certificate signed by any of the imported trusted CA certificates.
Table 99
Trusted CA: View
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Name
This field displays the identifying name of this certificate.
Type
This field displays general information about the certificate.
ca
means that a Certification
Authority signed the certificate.
Subject
This field displays information that identifies the owner of the certificate, such as Common
Name (CN), Organizational Unit (OU), Organization (O) and Country (C).
Certificate
This read-only text box displays the certificate in Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) format. PEM
uses base 64 to convert the binary certificate into a printable form.
You can copy and paste the certificate into an e-mail to send to friends or colleagues or you
can copy and paste the certificate into a text editor and save the file on a management
computer for later distribution (via floppy disk for example).
Back
Click
Back
to return to the previous screen.

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