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Secure connections and certificates Page 102 FortiRecorder 2.4.2 Administration Guide
Table 12: System > Certificate > Local Certificate
See also
• Uploading & selecting to use a certificate
• Revoking certificates
• Supported cipher suites & protocol versions
• Uploading trusted CAs’ certificates
Setting name Description
View Click to view the selected certificate’s issuer, subject, and range of dates
within which the certificate is valid.
Generate Click to generate a certificate signing request. For details, see
“Generating a certificate signing request” .
Download Click to download the selected certificate’s entry in certificate (.cer),
PKCS #12 (.p12), or certificate signing request (.csr) file format. PKCS
#12 is recommended if you require a certificate backup that includes the
private key.
Certificate backups can also be made by downloading a configuration file
backup, which includes all certificates and keys. See
“Regular backups” .
Set status To configure your FortiRecorder appliance to use a certificate, click its
row to select it, then click this button. A confirmation dialog will appear,
asking if you want to use it as the “default” (currently in use) certificate.
Click
OK . The Status column will change to reflect the new status.
Import Click to upload a certificate. For details, see “Uploading & selecting to
use a certificate” .
Name Displays the name of the certificate according to the appliance’s
configuration file. This will not be visible to clients.
Subject Displays the distinguished name (DN) located in the
Subject:
field of
the certificate.
If the row contains a certificate request which has not yet been signed,
this field is empty.
Status Displays the status of the certificate.
• Default — Indicates that this certificate will be used whenever a client
attempts to connect to the appliance. Only one certificate can be in
use at any given time.
• OK — Indicates that the certificate was successfully imported. To use
the certificate, select it, then use Set status to change its status.
• Pending — Indicates that the certificate request (CSR) has been
generated, but must be downloaded, signed, and imported before it
can be used as a server certificate.