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Chapter 11 Certificates
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Figure 70
Configuration > Object > Certificate > Trusted Certificates
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
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Configuration > Object > Certificate > Trusted Certificates
LABEL DESCRIPTION
PKI Storage
Space in Use This bar displays the percentage of the NWA/WAC’s PKI storage space that is currently in
use. When the storage space is almost full, you should consider deleting expired or
unnecessary certificates before adding more certificates.
Edit Double-click an entry or select it and click Edit to open a screen with an in-depth list of
information about the certificate.
Remove The NWA/WAC keeps all of your certificates unless you specifically delete them. Uploading
a new firmware or default configuration file does not delete your certificates. To remove
an entry, select it and click
Remove . The NWA/WAC confirms you want to remove it
before doing so. Subsequent certificates move up by one when you take this action.
Object Reference You cannot delete certificates that any of the NWA/WAC’s features are configured to use.
Select an entry and click
Object Reference to open a screen that shows which settings
use the entry.
# This field displays the certificate index number. The certificates are listed in alphabetical
order.
Name This field displays the name used to identify this certificate.
Subject This field displays identifying information about the certificate’s owner, such as CN
(Common Name), OU (Organizational Unit or department), O (Organization or company)
and C (Country). It is recommended that each certificate have unique subject information.
Issuer This field displays identifying information about the certificate’s issuing certification
authority, such as a common name, organizational unit or department, organization or
company and country. With self-signed certificates, this is the same information as in the
Subject field.
Valid From This field displays the date that the certificate becomes applicable.
Valid To This field displays the date that the certificate expires. The text displays in red and
includes an Expired! message if the certificate has expired.
Import Click Import to open a screen where you can save the certificate of a certification
authority that you trust, from your computer to the NWA/WAC.
Refresh Click this button to display the current validity status of the certificates.