Manage The Vpn Certificate Revocation List - NETGEAR ProSafe FVS318N Reference Manual

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To delete one or more SCRs:
1. In the Self Certificate Requests table, select the check box to the left of each SCR that
you want to delete, or click the Select All table button to select all SCRs.
2. Click the Delete table button.
View and Manage Self-Signed Certificates
The Active Self Certificates table on the Certificates screen (see
shows the digital certificates issued to you by a CA and available for use. For each
self-signed certificate, the table lists the following information:
• Name. The name that you used to identify this digital certificate.
• Subject Name. The name that you used for your company and that other organizations
see as the holder (owner) of the certificate.
• Serial Number. This is a serial number maintained by the CA. It is used to identify the
digital certificate with the CA.
• Issuer Name. The name of the CA that issued the digital certificate.
• Expiry Time. The date on which the digital certificate expires. You should renew the
digital certificate before it expires.
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To delete one or more self-signed certificates:
1. In the Active Self Certificates table, select the check box to the left of each self-signed
certificate that you want to delete, or click the Select All table button to select all
self-signed certificates.
2. Click the Delete table button.

Manage the VPN Certificate Revocation List

A Certificate Revocation List (CRL) file shows digital certificates that have been revoked and
are no longer valid. Each CA issues its own CRLs. It is important that you keep your CRLs
up-to-date. You should obtain the CRL for each CA regularly.
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To view the currently loaded CRLs and upload a new CRL:
1. Select VPN > Certificates. The Certificates screen displays. The following figure shows
the bottom section of the screen with the Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL) table.
(There is one example certificate in the table.)
ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
Manage Users, Authentication, and VPN Certificates
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