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Table 37 TOOLS > Certificates > My Certificates (continued)
LABEL
Type
Subject
Issuer
Valid From
Valid To
Action
Import
Create
Refresh
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DESCRIPTION
This field displays what kind of certificate this is.
REQ represents a certification request and is not yet a valid certificate.
Send a certification request to a certification authority, which then
issues a certificate. Use the My Certificate Import screen to import
the certificate and replace the request.
SELF represents a self-signed certificate.
*SELF represents the default self-signed certificate which signs the
imported remote host certificates.
CERT represents a certificate issued by a certification authority.
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.
This field displays identifying information about the certificate's issuing
certification authority, such as a common name, organizational unit or
department, organization or company and country. With self-signed
certificates, this is the same information as in the Subject field.
This field displays the date that the certificate becomes applicable.
This field displays the date that the certificate expires. The text displays
in red and includes an Expired! message if the certificate has expired.
Click the Edit icon to open a screen with an in-depth list of information
about the certificate.
Click the Export icon to save a copy of the certificate without its private
key. Browse to the location you want to use and click Save.
Click the Delete icon to remove a certificate. A window displays asking
you to confirm that you want to delete the certificate. Subsequent
certificates move up by one when you take this action.
The OX253P keeps all of your certificates unless you specifically delete
them. Uploading new firmware or default configuration file does not
delete your certificates.
You cannot delete certificates that any of the OX253P's features are
configured to use.
Click to a certificate into the OX253P.
Click to go to the screen where you can have the OX253P generate a
certificate or a certification request.
Click to display the current validity status of the certificates.
Chapter 10 The Certificates Screens
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