Creating Self Certificates For Accessing The Vpn - Extreme Networks Altitude 4700 Series Product Reference Manual

System Configuration
To import a CA certificate:
1 Select System Configuration > Certificate Mgmt > CA Certificates from the menu tree.
2 Copy the content of the CA Certificate message (using a text editor such as notepad) and click on
Paste from Clipboard.
The content of the certificate displays in the Import a root CA Certificate field.
3 Click the Import root CA Certificate button to import it into the CA Certificate list.
4 Once in the list, select the certificate ID within the View Imported root CA Certificates field to view the
certificate issuer name, subject, and certificate expiration data.
5 To delete a certificate, select the Id from the drop-down menu and click the Del button.

Creating Self Certificates for Accessing the VPN

The access point requires two kinds of certificates for accessing the VPN, CA certificates and self
certificates. Self certificates are certificate requests you create, send to a Certificate Authority (CA) to be
signed, then import the signed certificate into the management system.
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