D-Link DWC-1000 User Manual page 286

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A self certificate is a certificate issued by a CA identifying your device (or self -signed
if you don't want the identity protection of a CA). The Active Self Certificate table
lists the self certificates currently loaded on the gateway. The following information is
displayed for each uploaded self certificate:
Name: The name you use to identify this certificate, it is not displayed to IPsec VPN
peers or SSL users.
Subject Name: This is the name that will be displayed as the owner of this certificate.
This should be your official registered or company name, as IPsec or SSL VPN peers
are shown this field.
Serial Number: The serial number is maintained by the CA and used to identify this
signed certificate.
Issuer Name: This is the CA name that issued (signed) this certificate
Expiry Time: The date after which this signed certificate becomes invalid – you should
renew the certificate before it expires.
To request a self certificate to be signed by a CA, you c an generate a Certificate Signing
Request from the gateway by entering identification parameters and passing it along to
the CA for signing. Once signed, the CA's Trusted Certificate and signed certificate
from the CA are uploaded to activate the self -certificate validating the identity of this
gateway. The self certificate is then used in IPsec and SSL connections with peers to
validate the gateway's authenticity.
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