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Administration
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VPN 3000 Concentrator Series User Guide
Administration | Certificate Management | Certificates | View
The Manager displays this screen of certificate details when you click
View
for a certificate on the
Administration | Certificate Management | Certificates
screen. The details vary depending on the certificate
content.
The content and format for certificate details are governed by ITU (International Telecommunication
Union) X.509 standards, specifically RFC 2459. The
Subject
and
Issuer
fields conform to ITU X.520.
This screen is read-only; you cannot change any information here.
Figure 14-39: Administration | Certificate Management | Certificates | View screen
Subject
The person or system that uses the certificate. For a CA root certificate, the
Subject
and
Issuer
are the
same.
Issuer
The CA or other entity (jurisdiction) that issued the certificate.
Subject
and
Issuer
consist of a specific-to-general identification hierarchy:
CN
,
OU
,
O
,
L
,
SP
, and
C
. These
labels and acronyms conform to X.520 terminology, and they echo the fields on the
Administration |
Certificate Management | Enrollment
screen.
CN=
Common Name: the name of a person, system, or other entity. This is the lowest (most specific) level in
the identification hierarchy.
