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This chapter explains how to use the Certificates.
31.1 Certificates Overview
The ZyWALL 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 ZyWALL to generate certification
requests that contain identifying information and public keys and then send the certification
requests to a certification authority.
31.2 Certificate Commands
This section describes the commands for configuring certificates.
31.3 Certificates Commands Input Values
The following table explains the values you can input with the
Table 153 Certificates Commands Input Values
LABEL
certificate_name
cn_address
cn_domain_name
cn_email
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DESCRIPTION
The name of a certificate. You can use up to 31 alphanumeric and
;'~!@#$%^&()_+[]{}',.=- characters.
A common name IP address identifies the certificate's owner. Type the IP
address in dotted decimal notation.
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.
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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