Chapter 15 Certificates
ZyWALL 2 Plus User’s Guide
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15.13 Trusted Remote Hosts
Click SECURITY > CERTIFICATES > Trusted Remote Hosts to open the Trusted
Remote Hosts screen. This screen displays a list of the certificates of peers that you trust but
which are not signed by one of the certification authorities on the Trusted CAs screen.
You do not need to add any certificate that is signed by one of the certification authorities on
the Trusted CAs screen since the ZyWALL automatically accepts any valid certificate signed
by a trusted certification authority as being trustworthy.
Figure 192 SECURITY > CERTIFICATES > Trusted Remote Hosts
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Apply Click Apply to save the certificate on the ZyWALL.
Cancel Click Cancel to quit and return to the Trusted CAs screen.
Table 83 SECURITY > CERTIFICATES > Trusted CAs Import
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 84 SECURITY > CERTIFICATES > Trusted Remote Hosts
LABEL DESCRIPTION
PKI Storage
Space in Use
This bar displays the percentage of the ZyWALL’s PKI storage space that is
currently in use. When the storage space is almost full, you should consider
deleting expired or unnecessary certificates before adding more certificates.
Issuer (My Default
Self-signed
Certificate)
This field displays identifying information about the default self-signed certificate
on the ZyWALL that the ZyWALL uses to sign the trusted remote host certificates.
# This field displays the certificate index number. The certificates are listed in
alphabetical order.
Name This field displays the name used to identify this certificate.
Subject This field displays identifying information about the certificate’s owner, such as CN
(Common Name), OU (Organizational Unit or department), O (Organization or
company) and C (Country). It is recommended that each certificate have unique
subject information.
Valid From This field displays the date that the certificate becomes applicable. The text
displays in red and includes a Not Yet Valid! message if the certificate has not yet
become applicable.
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