ZyXEL Communications Internet Security Gateway ZyWALL 2 Series User Manual

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ZyWALL 2 Series User’s Guide

Certificates

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Table 15-3 My Certificate Create

LABEL DESCRIPTION

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 ZyWALL 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 ZyWALL's list of certificates of trusted
certification authorities.

Request

Authentication

When you select Create a certification request and enroll for a certificate
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 SECP enrollment protocol.

Key Type the key that the certification authority gave you.

Apply

Click Apply to begin certificate or certification request generation.

Cancel

Click Cancel to quit and return to the My Certificates screen.

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