ZyXEL Communications NWA-3163 & NWA-3166 User Manual

Chapter 18 Certificates

NWA-3160 Series User’s Guide

The following terms and concepts may help as you read through this chapter.

The NWA also trusts any valid certificate signed by any of the imported trusted CA 
certificates. The certification authority certificate that you want to import has to 
be in one of these file formats:

• Binary X.509: This is an ITU-T recommendation that defines the formats for 

X.509 certificates.

• PEM (Base-64) encoded X.509: This Privacy Enhanced Mail format uses 64 

ASCII characters to convert a binary X.509 certificate into a printable form.

• Binary PKCS#7: This is a standard that defines the general syntax for data 

(including digital signatures) that may be encrypted. The NWA currently allows 

the importation of a PKS#7 file that contains a single certificate.

• PEM (Base-64) encoded PKCS#7: This Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) format 

uses 64 ASCII characters to convert a binary PKCS#7 certificate into a printable 

form.

Use this screen to view the NWA’s summary of certificates and certification 
requests. Click Certificates > My Certificates. The following screen displays. 

Figure 126   Certificates > My Certificates