NETGEAR FVS318N

Manage Users, Authentication, and VPN Certificates
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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
5. Copy the contents of the Data to supply to CA text field into a text file, including all of the
data contained from “-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----” to “-----END CERTIFICATE
REQUEST-----.”
6. Submit your SCR to
a CA:
a. Connect to th
e website of the CA.
b. S
tart the SCR procedure.
c. When
prompted for the requested data, copy the data from your saved text file
(including “-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----” and “-----END CERTIFICATE
REQUEST-----”).
d. Submit the
CA form. If no problems ensue, the digital certificate is issued by the CA.
7. Down
load the digital certificate file from the CA, and store it on your computer.
8. Return t
o the Certificates screen (see Figure 157 on page 266) and locate the Self
Certificate Requests section.
9. Select the check box
next to the self-signed certificate request.
10. Click the Br
owse button and navigate to the digital certificate file from the CA that you just
stored on your computer.
11. Click the Upload t
able button. If the verification process on the wireless VPN firewall
approves the digital certificate for validity and purpose, the digital certificate is added to the
Active Self Certificates table.
 To delete one or more SCRs:
1. In the Self Certificate
Requests table, select the check box to the left of each SCR that
you want to delete, or click the Select All table button to select all SCRs.
2. Click the Delete t
able button.
View and Manage Self-Signed Certificates
The Active Self Certificates table on the Certificates screen (see Figure 157 on page 266)
shows the digital certificates issued to you by a CA and
available for use. For each
self-signed certificate, the table lists the following information:
• Name. The n
ame that you used to identify this digital certificate.
• Subje
ct Name. The name that you used for your company and that other organizations
see as the holder (owner) of the certificate.
• Serial Num
ber. This is a serial number maintained by the CA. It is used to identify the
digital certificate with the CA.
• Is
suer Name. The name of the CA that issued the digital certificate.
• Expiry T
ime. The date on which the digital certificate expires. You should renew the
digital certificate before it expires.