D-Link DWC-1000

D-Link DWC-1000 User Manual 259
Section 7 - VPN
Active Self Certicates
A self certicate is a certicate issued by a CA identifying your device (or self-signed if you don’t want the identity
protection of a CA). The Active Self Certicate table lists the self certicates currently loaded on the switch. The
following information is displayed for each uploaded self certicate:
Name: The name you use to identify this certicate, it is not displayed to IPSec VPN peers.
Subject Name: This is the name that will be displayed as the owner of this certicate. This should be your
ocial registered or company name, as IPSec or SSL VPN peers are shown this eld.
Serial Number: The serial number is maintained by the CA and used to identify this signed certicate.
Issuer Name: This is the CA name that has issued (signed) this certicate
Expiry Time: The date after which this signed certicate becomes invalid. You should renew the certicate
before it expires.
To upload a certicate:
1. Click VPN > IPSec VPN > Certicate > Active Self Certicates tab.
2. Click the Browse button. Locate your certicate, and click Open.
3. Click Upload.