Manage Vpn Self-Signed Certificates - NETGEAR FVS318N Reference Manual

3. Click the Upload table 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
Trusted Certificates (CA Certificates) table.
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To delete one or more digital certificates:
1. In the Trusted Certificates (CA Certificate) table, select the check box to the left of each
digital certificate that you want to delete, or click the Select All table button to select all
digital certificates.
2. Click the Delete table button.

Manage VPN Self-Signed Certificates

Instead of obtaining a digital certificate from a CA, you can generate and sign your own digital
certificate. However, a self-signed digital certificate triggers a warning from most browsers
because it provides no protection against identity theft of the server. (The following figure
shows an image of a browser security alert.)
There can be three reasons why a security alert is generated for a security certificate:
• The security certificate was issued by a company you have not chosen to trust.
• The date of the security certificate is invalid.
• The name on the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site.
When a security alert is generated, the user can decide whether or not to trust the host.
Figure 156.
Generate a CSR and Obtain a Self-Signed Certificate from a CA
To use a self-signed certificate, you first need to request the digital certificate from a CA, and
then download and activate the digital certificate on the wireless VPN firewall. To request a
self-signed certificate from a CA, you need to generate a certificate signing request (CSR) for
and on the wireless VPN firewall. The CSR is a file that contains information about your
company and about the device that holds the certificate. Refer to the CA for guidelines about
the information that you need to include in your CSR.
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