Create Certificate Request; View Certificate Request - ZyXEL Communications WX Series User Manual

9.3.1 Create Certificate Request

Click Security > Certificates > Local Certificates and then Create Certificate Request to open the
following screen. Use this screen to have the WX Device generate a certification request. To create a
certificate signing request, you need to enter a common name, organization name, state or province
name, and the default US two-letter country code (The US country code is by default and not
changeable when sold in the U.S.) for the certificate.
Figure 64 Create Certificate Request
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 34 Create Certificate Request
LABEL
Certificate
Name
Common Name
Organization
Name
State/Province
Name
Country/Region
Name
Cancel
OK

9.3.2 View Certificate Request

Use this screen to view in-depth information about the certificate request. The Certificate is used to verify
the authenticity of the certification authority. The Private Key serves as your digital signature for
authentication and must be safely stored. The Signing Request contains the certificate signing request
value that you will copy upon submitting the certificate request to the CA (certificate authority).
Chapter 9 Certificates
DESCRIPTION
Type up to 63 ASCII characters (not including spaces) to identify this certificate.
Select Auto to have the WX Device configure this field automatically. Or select Customize to
enter it manually.
Type the IP address (in dotted decimal notation), domain name or email address in the field
provided. The domain name or email address can be up to 63 ASCII characters. The domain
name or email address is for identification purposes only and can be any string.
Type up to 63 characters to identify the company or group to which the certificate owner
belongs. You may use any character, including spaces, but the WX Device drops trailing spaces.
Type up to 32 characters to identify the state or province where the certificate owner is located.
You may use any character, including spaces, but the WX Device drops trailing spaces.
Select a country to identify the nation where the certificate owner is located.
Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.
Click OK to save your changes.
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