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VPN 3000 Concentrator Series User Guide
Administration | Certificate Management | Certificates | View
The Manager displays this screen of certificate details when you click View for a certificate on the
Administration | Certificate Management | Certificates screen. The details vary depending on the certificate
content.
The content and format for certificate details are governed by ITU (International Telecommunication
Union) X.509 standards, specifically RFC 2459. The
Subject and Issuer fields conform to ITU X.520.
This screen is read-only; you cannot change any information here.
Figure 14-39: Administration | Certificate Management | Certificates | View screen
Subject
The person or system that uses the certificate. For a CA root certificate, the Subject and Issuer are the
same.
Issuer
The CA or other entity (jurisdiction) that issued the certificate.
Subject and Issuer consist of a specific-to-general identification hierarchy: CN, OU, O, L, SP, and C. These
labels and acronyms conform to X.520 terminology, and they echo the fields on the
Administration |
Certificate Management | Enrollment
screen.
CN=
Common Name: the name of a person, system, or other entity. This is the lowest (most specific) level in
the identification hierarchy.
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