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ProSafe Dual WAN Gigabit Firewall with SSL & IPsec VPN FVS336G Reference Manual • Serial Number. This is a serial number maintained by the CA. It is used to identify the certificate with in the CA. • Issuer Name. The name of the CA that issued the certificate. • Expiry Time. The date on which the certificate expires. You should renew the certificate before it expires. Obtaining a Self Certificate from a Certificate Authority To use a self certificate, you must first request the certificate from the CA, then download and activate the certificate on your system. To request a self certificate from a CA, you must generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for your VPN firewall. The CSR is a file containing information about your company and about the device that will hold the certificate. Refer to the CA for guidelines on the information you include in your CSR. To generate a new Certificate Signing Request (CSR) file: 1. Locate the Generate Self Certificate Request section of the Certificates screen. 2. Configure the following fields: • Name - Enter a descriptive name that will identify this certificate. • Subject - This is the name which other organizations will see as the holder (owner) of the certificate. Since this name will be seen by other organizations, you should use your registered business name or official company name. (Using the same name, or a derivation of the name, in the Title field would be useful.) Figure 7-13 Managing Users, Authentication, and Certificates v1.0, March 2009 7-13