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Chapter 15 Certificates

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15.5 My Certificate Import

Click Security > Certificates > My Certificates and then Import to open the My Certificate
Import
screen. Follow the instructions in this screen to save an existing certificate to the
ZyXEL Device.

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You can only import a certificate that matches a corresponding certification
request that was generated by the ZyXEL Device.

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The certificate you import replaces the corresponding request in the My
Certificates
screen.

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

certificate.
Click the Remove icon to remove the certificate. A window displays asking you to

confirm that you want to delete the certificate.
You cannot delete a certificate that one or more features is configured to use.
Do the following to delete a certificate that shows *SELF in the Type field.
1. Make sure that no other features, such as HTTPS, VPN, SSH are configured to

use the *SELF certificate.
2. Click the Edit icon next to another self-signed certificate (see the description on

the Create button if you need to create a self-signed certificate).
3. Select the Default self-signed certificate which signs the imported remote

host certificates check box.
4. Click Apply to save the changes and return to the My Certificates screen.
5. The certificate that originally showed *SELF displays SELF and you can delete

it now.
Note that subsequent certificates move up by one when you take this action

Create

Click Create to go to the screen where you can have the ZyXEL Device generate

a certificate or a certification request.

Import

Click Import to open a screen where you can save the certificate that you have

enrolled from a certification authority from your computer to the ZyXEL Device.

Refresh

Click Refresh to display the current validity status of the certificates.

Table 84 My Certificates (continued)

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DESCRIPTION