Importing signed certificates – Fortinet 100A User Manual

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Importing signed certificates

VPN

Importing signed certificates

Your CA will provide you with a signed certificate to install on the FortiGate unit. When
you receive the signed certificate from the CA, save the certificate on a PC that has
management access to the FortiGate unit.

To install a signed personal or site certificate

1

Go to VPN > Certificates > Local Certificates.

2

Select Import.

Figure 138:Importing a signed certificate

3

Browse to the location on the management PC where the certificate has been saved,
select the certificate, and then select OK.

4

Select OK.

Certification Name

Type a certificate name. Typically, this would be the name of the

FortiGate unit.

Subject Information

Enter the information needed to identify the FortiGate unit. Preferably

use an IP address or domain name. If this is impossible (such as with

a dialup client), use an email address.

For Host IP, enter the public IP address of the FortiGate unit being
certified.

For Domain name, enter the fully qualified domain name of the
FortiGate unit being certified. Do not include the protocol
specification (http://) or any port number or path names.

For E-mail, enter the email address of the owner of the FortiGate
unit being certified. Typically, email addresses are entered only
for clients, not gateways.

Organization Unit

Name of your department.

Organization

Legal name of your company or organization.

Locality (City)

Name of the city or town where the FortiGate unit is installed.

State/Province

Name of the state or province where the FortiGate unit is installed.

Country

Select the country where the FortiGate unit is installed.

e-mail

Contact email address. The CA may choose to deliver the digital

certificate to this address.

Key Type

Only RSA is supported.

Key Size

Select 1024 Bit, 1536 Bit or 2048 Bit. Larger keys are slower to

generate but more secure. Not all IPSec VPN products support all

three key sizes.

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