Certificates; Chapter 12 Certificates; Overview; What You Can Do In This Chapter - ZyXEL Communications LTE Series User Manual

12.1 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.

12.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

• Use the Local Certificates screen to view and import the Zyxel Device's CA-signed (Certification
Authority) certificates
• Use the Trusted CA screen to save the certificates of trusted CAs to the Zyxel Device. You can also
export the certificates to a computer

12.2 Local Certificates

View the Zyxel Device's summary list of certificates, generate certification requests, and import the
signed certificates. You can import the following certificates to your Zyxel Device:
• Web Server - This certificate secures HTTP connections.
• SSH- This certificate secures remote connections.
Click Security > Certificates to open the Local Certificates screen.
Figure 80 Security > Certificates > Local Certificates
(Section 12.2 on page 101).
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