Viewing Certificate Status and Details

1. Click Device Management > Certificate Management.

The Certificate Management window opens. All existing certificates are listed in the table. The following certificate information is displayed:

• Certificate: The name of the certificate.

• Type: The type of the certificate. The security appliance supports three types of certificates:

– Certificate Signing Request: A certificate request generated by your security appliance that needs to be sent to the Certificate Authority (CA) for signing. CSR contains all information required to create your digital certificate.

– Local Certificate: The local certificate is issued by a trusted CA, and is involved in the applications like remote management and SSL VPN. To use a local certificate, you must first request a certificate from the CA and then import the certificate to your security appliance.

– CA Certificate: The CA certificate is issued by intermediate certificate authorities, such as GoDaddy or VeriSign. The CA certificate is used to verify the validity of certificates generated and signed by the CA.

2. To view complete details for a certificate, click the Detail icon in the Details column.

Certificate Type

Details

CA Certificate or Local Certificate

• Name: Name used to identify this certificate.

• Issuer: Name of the CA that issued the certificate.

• Subject: Name which other organizations will see as the holder (owner) of this certificate.

• Serial number: Serial number maintained by the CA and used for identification purposes.

• Valid from: Date from which the certificate is valid.

• Expires on: Date on which the certificate expires. It is advisable to renew the certificate before it expires.

Certification Signing Request (CSR)

• Name: Name used to identify this CSR.

• Subject: Name which other organizations will see as the holder (owner) of this certificate.