D-Link DWC-1000 User Manual
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Section 7 - VPN
Active Self Certificates
A self certificate is a certificate issued by a CA identifying your device (or self-signed if you don’t want the identity
protection of a CA). The Active Self Certificate table lists the self certificates currently loaded on the switch. The
following information is displayed for each uploaded self certificate:
Name:
The name you use to identify this certificate, it is not displayed to IPSec VPN peers.
Subject Name:
This is the name that will be displayed as the owner of this certificate. This should be your
official registered or company name, as IPSec or SSL VPN peers are shown this field.
Serial Number:
The serial number is maintained by the CA and used to identify this signed certificate.
Issuer Name:
This is the CA name that has issued (signed) this certificate
Expiry Time:
The date after which this signed certificate becomes invalid. You should renew the certificate
before it expires.
To upload a certificate:
1. Click
VPN
>
IPSec VPN
>
Certificate
>
Active Self Certificates
tab.
2. Click the
Browse
button. Locate your certificate, and click
Open
.
3. Click
Upload
.