ZyXEL Communications P-870HW-I User Manual

P-870HW-I1 User’s Guide

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Chapter 13 Certificates

Figure 96   Security > Certificates > My Certificates > Create

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 75   Security > Certificates > My Certificates > Create

Certificate Name

Type up to 31 ASCII characters (not including spaces) to identify this 

certificate. 

Subject Information

Use these fields to record information that identifies the owner of the 

certificate. You do not have to fill in every field, although the Common Name is 

mandatory. The certification authority may add fields (such as a serial number) 

to the subject information when it issues a certificate. It is recommended that 

each certificate have unique subject information.

Common Name 

Select a radio button to identify the certificate’s owner by IP address, domain 

name or e-mail address. Type the IP address (in dotted decimal notation), 

domain name or e-mail address in the field provided. The domain name or e-

mail address can be up to 31 ASCII characters. The domain name or e-mail 

address is for identification purposes only and can be any string.

Organizational Unit

Type up to 127 characters to identify the organizational unit or department to 

which the certificate owner belongs. You may use any character, including 

spaces, but the ZyXEL Device drops trailing spaces.

Organization

Type up to 127 characters to identify the company or group to which the 

certificate owner belongs. You may use any character, including spaces, but 

the ZyXEL Device drops trailing spaces.

Country

Type up to 127 characters to identify the nation where the certificate owner is 

located. You may use any character, including spaces, but the ZyXEL Device 

drops trailing spaces.