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Table 82 SECURITY > CERTIFICATES > Trusted CAs > Details (continued)
LABEL
Certificate
Information
Type
Version
Serial Number
Subject
Issuer
Signature Algorithm
Valid From
Valid To
Key Algorithm
Subject Alternative
Name
Key Usage
Basic Constraint
CRL Distribution
Points
MD5 Fingerprint
SHA1 Fingerprint
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DESCRIPTION
These read-only fields display detailed information about the certificate.
This field displays general information about the certificate. CA-signed means
that a Certification Authority signed the certificate. Self-signed means that the
certificate's owner signed the certificate (not a certification authority). X.509
means that this certificate was created and signed according to the ITU-T X.509
recommendation that defines the formats for public-key certificates.
This field displays the X.509 version number.
This field displays the certificate's identification number given by the certification
authority.
This field displays information that identifies the owner of the certificate, such as
Common Name (CN), Organizational Unit (OU), Organization (O) and Country
(C).
This field displays identifying information about the certificate's issuing
certification authority, such as Common Name, Organizational Unit,
Organization and Country.
With self-signed certificates, this is the same information as in the Subject
Name field.
This field displays the type of algorithm that was used to sign the certificate.
Some certification authorities use rsa-pkcs1-sha1 (RSA public-private key
encryption algorithm and the SHA1 hash algorithm). Other certification
authorities may use rsa-pkcs1-md5 (RSA public-private key encryption
algorithm and the MD5 hash algorithm).
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.
This field displays the date that the certificate expires. The text displays in red
and includes an Expiring! or Expired! message if the certificate is about to expire
or has already expired.
This field displays the type of algorithm that was used to generate the
certificate's key pair (the ZyWALL uses RSA encryption) and the length of the
key set in bits (1024 bits for example).
This field displays the certificate's owner's IP address (IP), domain name (DNS)
or e-mail address (EMAIL).
This field displays for what functions the certificate's key can be used. For
example, "DigitalSignature" means that the key can be used to sign certificates
and "KeyEncipherment" means that the key can be used to encrypt text.
This field displays general information about the certificate. For example,
Subject Type=CA means that this is a certification authority's certificate and
"Path Length Constraint=1" means that there can only be one certification
authority in the certificate's path.
This field displays how many directory servers with Lists of revoked certificates
the issuing certification authority of this certificate makes available. This field
also displays the domain names or IP addresses of the servers.
This is the certificate's message digest that the ZyWALL calculated using the
MD5 algorithm. You can use this value to verify with the certification authority
(over the phone for example) that this is actually their certificate.
This is the certificate's message digest that the ZyWALL calculated using the
SHA1 algorithm. You can use this value to verify with the certification authority
(over the phone for example) that this is actually their certificate.
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