Chapter 58 Certificates
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CHAPTER 58
Certificates
This chapter explains how to use the Certificates.
58.1 Certificates Overview
The Zyxel Device can use certificates (also called digital IDs) to authenticate users. Certificates are
based on public-private key pairs. A certificate contains the certificate owner’s identity and public key.
Certificates provide a way to exchange public keys for use in authentication.
A Certification Authority (CA) issues certificates and guarantees the identity of each certificate owner.
There are commercial certification authorities like CyberTrust or VeriSign and government certification
authorities. You can use the Zyxel Device to generate certification requests that contain identifying
information and public keys and then send the certification requests to a certification authority.
58.2 Certificate Commands
This section describes the commands for configuring certificates.
58.3 Certificates Commands Input Values
The following table explains the values you can input with the certificate commands.
Table 282 Certificates Commands Input Values
LABEL DESCRIPTION
certificate_name
The name of a certificate. You can use up to 31 alphanumeric and
;‘~!@#$%^&()_+[]{}’,.=-
characters.
cn_ipv4_address
A common name IP version 4 address identifies the certificate’s owner.
cn_ipv6_address
A common name IP version 6 address identifies the certificate’s owner.
cn_domain_name
A common name domain name identifies the certificate’s owner. The domain name is
for identification purposes only and can be any string. The domain name can be up to
255 characters. You can use alphanumeric characters, the hyphen and periods.
cn_email
A common name e-mail address identifies the certificate’s owner. The e-mail address is
for identification purposes only and can be any string. The e-mail address can be up to
63 characters. You can use alphanumeric characters, the hyphen, the @ symbol,
periods and the underscore.
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