Managing Certificate Authority (Ca) Certificates; Importing A Ca Certificate - Motorola AP-51 Series Product Reference Manual

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7. Click Undo Changes
Trusted Host settings within the Access screen to the last saved configuration.
8. Click Logout
confirming the logout before the applet is closed.

4.4 Managing Certificate Authority (CA) Certificates

Certificate management includes the following sections:
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Importing a CA Certificate

• Creating Self Certificates for Accessing the VPN
• Apache Certificate Management
4.4.1 Importing a CA Certificate
A certificate authority (CA) is a network authority that issues and manages security credentials and
public keys for message encryption. The CA signs all digital certificates that it issues with its own
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 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
(if necessary) to undo any changes made. Undo Changes reverts the
to securely exit the access point Access Point applet. A prompt displays