NETGEAR ProSafe FVS336Gv2 Reference Manual page 520

ProSAFE Dual WAN Gigabit WAN SSL VPN Firewall FVS336Gv2
7. In the Generate Self Certificate Request section, enter the settings as described in the
following table.
Setting
Name
Subject
Hash Algorithm
Signature Algorithm
Signature Key Length
IP Address (Optional)
Manage Users, Authentication, and VPN Certificates
Description
A descriptive name of the domain for identification and management purposes.
The name that other organizations see as the holder (owner) of the certificate. In
general, use your registered business name or official company name for this
purpose.
Note: Generally, all of your certificates must have the same value in the Subject
field.
From the menu, select a hash algorithm:
• MD5. A 128-bit (16-byte) message digest, slightly faster than SHA-1.
• SHA-1. A 160-bit (20-byte) message digest, slightly stronger than MD5.
Although this seems to be a menu, the only possible selection is RSA. That is,
RSA is the default setting for generating a CSR.
From the menu, select one of the following signature key lengths in bits:
• 512
• 1024
• 2048
Note: Larger key sizes might improve security but might also decrease
performance.
Enter your fixed (static) IP address. If your IP address is dynamic, leave this
field blank.
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