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Chapter 15 Certificates

ZyWALL 2WG User’s Guide

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Figure 180 SECURITY > CERTIFICATES > Trusted Remote Hosts

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 102 SECURITY > CERTIFICATES > Trusted Remote Hosts

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

PKI Storage

Space in Use

This bar displays the percentage of the ZyWALL’s PKI storage space that is

currently in use. When the storage space is almost full, you should consider

deleting expired or unnecessary certificates before adding more certificates.

Issuer (My Default

Self-signed

Certificate)

This field displays identifying information about the default self-signed certificate

on the ZyWALL that the ZyWALL uses to sign the trusted remote host certificates.

#

This field displays the certificate index number. The certificates are listed in

alphabetical order.

Name

This field displays the name used to identify this certificate.

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.

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 details icon to open a screen with an in-depth list of information about the

certificate.
Use the export icon to save the certificate to a computer. Click the icon and then

Save in the File Download screen. The Save As screen opens, browse to the

location that you want to use and click Save.
Click the delete icon to remove the certificate. A window displays asking you to

confirm that you want to delete the certificate. Note that subsequent certificates

move up by one when you take this action.

Import

Click Import to open a screen where you can save the certificate of a remote host

(which you trust) from your computer to the ZyWALL.

Refresh

Click this button to display the current validity status of the certificates.