ZyXEL Communications 1000 User Manual

Chapter 46 Certificates

ZyWALL USG 1000 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. 

REQ 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.

SELF represents a self-signed certificate. 

CERT 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 209   Configuration > Object > Certificate > My Certificates (continued)