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CHAPTER 22 Certificates 22.1 Overview The Device can use certificates (also called digital IDs) to authenticate users. Certificates are based on public-private key pairs. A certificate contains the certificate owner's identity and public key. Certificates provide a way to exchange public keys for use in authentication. 22.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter • The Local Certificates screen lets you generate certification requests and import the Device's CA-signed certificates (Section 22.4 on page 228). • The Trusted CA screen lets you save the certificates of trusted CAs to the Device (Section 22.4 on page 228). 22.2 What You Need to Know The following terms and concepts may help as you read through this chapter. Certification Authority A Certification Authority (CA) issues certificates and guarantees the identity of each certificate owner. There are commercial certification authorities like CyberTrust or VeriSign and government certification authorities. The certification authority uses its private key to sign certificates. Anyone can then use the certification authority's public key to verify the certificates. You can use the Device to generate certification requests that contain identifying information and public keys and then send the certification requests to a certification authority. 22.3 The Local Certificates Screen Click Security > Certificates to open the Local Certificates screen. This is the Device's summary list of certificates and certification requests. VMG1312-B Series User's Guide 225