ZyXEL Communications 1000 Manuel D’Utilisation

 Chapter 46 Certificates

ZyWALL USG 1000 User’s Guide

The ZyWALL generates its own unique self-signed certificate when you first turn it 
on. This certificate is referred to in the GUI as the factory default certificate. 

Any 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 

lowercase letters, uppercase letters and numerals 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. A PKCS #7 file is used to 

transfer a public key certificate. The private key is not included. The ZyWALL 

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 

lowercase letters, uppercase letters and numerals to convert a binary PKCS#7 

certificate into a printable form.

• Binary PKCS#12: This is a format for transferring public key and private key 

certificates.The private key in a PKCS #12 file is within a password-encrypted 

envelope. The file’s password is not connected to your certificate’s public or 

private passwords. Exporting a PKCS #12 file creates this and you must provide 

it to decrypt the contents when you import the file into the ZyWALL. 

Note: Be careful not to convert a binary file to text during the transfer process. It is 

easy for this to occur since many programs use text files by default. 

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 for related information on these screens.

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 for certificate background information.

Before you import a trusted certificate into the ZyWALL, you should verify that you 
have the correct certificate. You can do this using the certificate’s fingerprint.  A 
certificate’s fingerprint is a message digest calculated using the MD5 or SHA1 
algorithm. The following procedure describes how to check a certificate’s 
fingerprint to verify that you have the actual certificate. 

Browse to where you have the certificate saved on your computer.