ZyXEL Communications NWA3000-N User Manual page 164

Chapter 14 Certificates
Table 63 Configuration > Object > Certificate > My Certificates > Add (continued)
LABEL
Create a certification
request and enroll for
a certificate
immediately online
Enrollment Protocol
CA Server Address
CA Certificate
Request
Authentication
OK
Cancel
If you configured the My Certificate Create screen to have the device enroll a certificate and the
certificate enrollment is not successful, you see a screen with a Return button that takes you back
to the My Certificate Create screen. Click Return and check your information in the My
Certificate Create screen. Make sure that the certification authority information is correct and that
your Internet connection is working properly if you want the device to enroll a certificate online.
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DESCRIPTION
Select this to have the device generate a request for a certificate and apply
to a certification authority for a certificate.
You must have the certification authority's certificate already imported in the
Trusted Certificates screen.
When you select this option, you must select the certification authority's
enrollment protocol and the certification authority's certificate from the drop-
down list boxes and enter the certification authority's server address. You
also need to fill in the Reference Number and Key if the certification
authority requires them.
This field applies when you select Create a certification request and
enroll for a certificate immediately online. Select the certification
authority's enrollment protocol from the drop-down list box.
Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) is a TCP-based
enrollment protocol that was developed by VeriSign and Cisco.
Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) is a TCP-based enrollment
protocol that was developed by the Public Key Infrastructure X.509 working
group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and is specified in RFC
2510.
This field applies when you select Create a certification request and
enroll for a certificate immediately online. Enter the IP address (or URL)
of the certification authority server.
For a URL, you can use up to 511 of the following characters. a-zA-Z0-9'()+,/
:.=?;!*#@$_%-
This field applies when you select Create a certification request and
enroll for a certificate immediately online. Select the certification
authority's certificate from the CA Certificate drop-down list box.
You must have the certification authority's certificate already imported in the
Trusted Certificates screen. Click Trusted CAs to go to the Trusted
Certificates screen where you can view (and manage) the device's list of
certificates of trusted certification authorities.
When you select Create a certification request and enroll for a
certificate immediately online, the certification authority may want you
to include a reference number and key to identify you when you send a
certification request.
Fill in both the Reference Number and the Key fields if your certification
authority uses the CMP enrollment protocol. Just the Key field displays if
your certification authority uses the SCEP enrollment protocol.
For the reference number, use 0 to 99999999.
For the key, use up to 31 of the following characters. a-zA-Z0-
9;|`~!@#$%^&*()_+\{}':,./<>=-
Click OK to begin certificate or certification request generation.
Click Cancel to quit and return to the My Certificates screen.
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