Nortel BSR252, Configuration - Basics

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Nortel Business Secure Router 252 Configuration — Basics
Table 70 describes the labels in Figure 89 .
Table 70 Trusted CA details
Label Description
Name This field displays the identifying name of this certificate. If you want
to change the name, type up to 31 characters to identify this key
certificate. You can use any character (not including spaces).
Property
Check incoming
certificates issued
by this CA against
a CRL
Select this check box to have the Business Secure Router check
incoming certificates that are issued by this certification authority
against a Certificate Revocation List (CRL).
Clear this check box to have the Business Secure Router not check
incoming certificates that are issued by this certification authority
against a Certificate Revocation List (CRL).
Certification Path Click the Refresh button to have this read-only text box display the
certificate of the end entity and a list of certification authority
certificates that shows the hierarchy of certification authorities that
validate the end entity certificate. If the issuing certification authority is
one that you have imported as a trusted certification authority, it can
be the only certification authority in the list (along with the certificate of
the end entity). The Business Secure Router does not trust the end
entity certificate and displays “Not trusted” in this field if any certificate
on the path has expired or been revoked.
Refresh Click Refresh to display the certification path.
Certificate
Information
These read-only fields display detailed information about the
certificate.
Type This field displays general information about the certificate.
CA-signed means that a Certification Authority signed the certificate.
Self-signed means that the owner of the certificate signed the
certificate (not a certification authority). X.509 means that this
certificate was created and signed according to the ITU-T X.509
recommendation that defines the formats for public-key certificates.
Version This field displays the X.509 version number.
Serial Number This field displays the certificate identification number given by the
certification authority.
Subject This field displays information that identifies the owner of the
certificate, such as Common Name (CN), Organizational Unit (OU),
Organization (O), or Country (C).
Issuer This field displays identifying information about the certification
authority that issued the certificate, such as Common Name,
Organizational Unit, Organization or Country.
With self-signed certificates, this is the same information as in the
Subject Name field.