Certificate Management And Administration; Certificate Authorities (Cas) - Digi TransPort User Manual

X.509 certificate management and
administration
The X.509 Certificate Management pages are for loading and managing X.509 certificates and
public/private host key pairs that are public key infrastructure (PKI) based security.

Certificate Authorities (CAs)

A certificate authority (CA) is a trusted third party which issues digital certificates for use by other
parties.
Digital certificates issued by the CA contain a public key. The certificate also contains information
about the individual or organization to which the public key belongs.
A CA verifies digital certificate applicants' credentials. The CA certificate allows verification of
digital certificates and the information contained therein, issued by that CA.
Installed Certificate Authority Certificates
This table lists the current CA certificates that have been installed onto the router. It is possible to
view the contents of each certificate using the "View" button.
Upload CA Certificates
CA Certificates can be uploaded from a host PC onto the router using the "Browse" and "Upload"
buttons.
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