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private key. The corresponding public key is contained within the certificate and is called a CA
certificate. A browser must contain this CA certificate in its Trusted Root Library so that it can trust
certificates "signed" by the CA's private key.
Depending on the public key infrastructure, the digital certificate includes the owner's public key, the
certificate expiration date, the owner's name and other public key owner information.
The access point can import and maintain a set of CA certificates to use as an authentication option
for Virtual Private Network (VPN) access. To use the certificate for a VPN tunnel, define a tunnel and
select the IKE settings to use either RSA or DES certificates. For additional information on configuring
VPN tunnels, see
Configuring VPN Tunnels on page
CAUTION Loaded and signed CA certificates will be lost when changing the
!
Refer to your network administrator to obtain a CA certificate to import into the access point.
NOTE Verify the access point device time is synchronized with an NTP server
To import a CA certificate:
1. Select
System Configuration
tree.
access point's firmware version using either the GUI or CLI. After a
certificate has been successfully loaded, export it to a secure location
to ensure its availability after a firmware update.
before importing a certificate to avoid issues with conflicting date/time
stamps. For more information, see
(NTP) on page
4-36.
->
Certificate Mgmt
6-36.
Configuring Network Time Protocol
->
CA Certificates
4-11
System Configuration
from the menu
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