Certificates Help

Certificates are used to authenticate users, and are issued by CAs.

Active Self Certificates

This table lists the Certificates issued to you by the various CAs (Certification Authorities), and available for use. For each Certificate, the following data is listed:

• Name - The name you used to identify this Certificate.
• Subject Name - This is the name which other organizations will see as the Holder (owner) of this Certificate. This should be your registered business name or official company name. Generally, all Certificates should have the same value in the Subject field.
• Issuer Name - The name of the CA which issued the Certificate.
• Expiry Time - The date on which the Certificate expires. You should renew the Certificate before it expires.

If required, you can use the "Delete" button to delete a Certificate from the list.

Self Certificate Requests

To use a Certificate, you must use the "Self Certificate Request" system built into this device. The procedure is as follows:

1. Click the "Generate Request" button.
2. Enter the required data on the resulting "Generate Self Certificate Request" screen, and click "Next"
3. The "Request" data will then be displayed. This data must be copied to a file, and used to request a Certificate from a CA.
4. Click "Done" to return to the Certificate screen. The Request details will be listed in the "Self Certificate Requests" table.
5. After obtaining your Certificate file, select the appropriate entry in the "Self Certificate Requests" table, and use the "Upload Certificate" button to upload the Certificate file.
   The entry will then be moved to the "Active Self Certificates" table.

If required, you can use the "Delete" button to delete a Certificate Request from the list.