ZyXEL Communications unified security gateway User Manual

Chapter 39 Certificates

ZyWALL USG 20/20W User’s Guide

Click Configuration > Object > Certificate > My Certificates and then the 
Add

 icon to open the My Certificates Add screen. Use this screen to have the 

Type

This field displays what kind of certificate this is. 

 represents a certification request and is not yet a valid certificate. 

Send a certification request to a certification authority, which then 

issues a certificate. Use the My Certificate Import screen to import 

the certificate and replace the request.

 represents a self-signed certificate. 

 represents a certificate issued by a certification authority.

Subject

This field displays identifying information about the certificate’s owner, 

such as CN (Common Name), OU (Organizational Unit or department), 

O (Organization or company) and C (Country). It is recommended that 

each certificate have unique subject information. 

Issuer

This field displays identifying information about the certificate’s issuing 

certification authority, such as a common name, organizational unit or 

department, organization or company and country. With self-signed 

certificates, this is the same information as in the Subject field.

Valid From

This field displays the date that the certificate becomes applicable. 

Valid To

This field displays the date that the certificate expires. The text displays 

in red and includes an Expired! message if the certificate has expired.

Import

Click Import to open a screen where you can save a certificate to the 

ZyWALL.

Refresh

Click Refresh to display the current validity status of the certificates.

Table 177   Configuration > Object > Certificate > My Certificates (continued)