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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
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Manage Digital Certificates for VPN Connections
• VPN Certificates Screen
• Manage VPN CA Certificates
• Manage VPN Self-Signed Certificates
• Manage the VPN Certificate Revocation List
The wireless VPN firewall uses digital certificates (also kn
own as X509 certificates) during
the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) authentication phase to authenticate connecting IPSec VPN
gateways or clients, or to be authenticated by remote entities:
• On th
e wireless VPN firewall, you can enter a digital certificate on the IKE Policies
screen, on which the certificate is referred to as an RSA signature (see Figure 140 on
page 225 and Authentication Method on
page 228).
• On th
e VPN Client, you can enter a digital certificate on the Authentication pane in the
Configuration Panel screen (see Figure 127 on p
age 213).
Digital certificates are extended for secure we
b access connections over HTTPS (that is,
SSL connections).
Digital certificates either can be self-signed or can be
issued by certification authorities (CAs)
such as an internal Windows server or an external organization such as Verisign or Thawte.
However, if the digital certificate contains the extKeyUsage extension, the certificate needs to
b
e used for one of the purposes defined by the extension. For example, if the digital
certificate contains the extKeyUsage extension that is defined for SNMPv2, the same
certificate cannot be used for secure web management. The extKeyUsage would govern the
certificate acceptance criteria on the wireless VPN firewall when the same digital certificate is
being used for secure web management.
On the wireless VPN firewall, the uploaded digit
al certificate is checked for validity and
purpose. The digital certificate is accepted when it passes the validity test and the purpose
matches its use. The check for the purpose needs to correspond to its use for IPSec VPN,
SSL VPN, or both. If the defined purpose is for IPSec VPN and SSL VPN, the digital
certificate is uploaded to both the IPSec VPN certificate repository and the SSL VPN
Check to Edit
Password
Select this check box to make the password fields accessible to modify the password.
Enter Your Password Enter the password with which you have logged in.
New Password Enter the new password.
Confirm New Password Reenter the new password for confirmation.
Idle Timeout The period after which an idle user is automa
tically logged out of the web management
interface. The default idle time-out period is 5 minutes.
Table 77. Edit User screen settings (continued)
Setting Description