Sidewinder G2 6.1.2 Administration Guide - Glossary of Technical ...

Figure 181:
Firewall certificates
About the Firewall
Certificates tab
Chapter 14: Configuring Virtual Private Networks
Configuring Certificate Management
The Firewall Certificates tab enables you to view the list of available
certificates. The Sidewinder G2 will use a firewall certificate to identify itself to a
peer in a VPN connection. To display the properties of a specific certificate,
select the certificate from within the list and its properties are displayed on the
right portion of the window. For a description of these properties, see “Adding a
firewall certificate” on page 426.
From this tab, you can perform the following actions:
Note: You cannot modify the properties of a certificate from this window. To modify
a certificate you must delete it and then add it back using the new properties.
• Add a firewall certificate—Click New to add a certificate to the Certificate
list. See “Adding a firewall certificate” on page 426 for details.
• Delete a firewall certificate—Select the certificate and click Delete to
remove the selected certificate from the Certificate list.
Note: A certificate cannot be deleted if it is currently used by one or more areas
(for example, Security Associations, Application Defenses, etc.).
• Import a firewall certificate—Click Import to import an existing certificate
and its related private key file. See “Importing a firewall certificate” on page
432 for more information.
• Export a firewall certificate—Click Export to export the selected certificate
to a file. The export function is generally used when capturing the certificate
information needed by a remote partner such as a VPN client. See
“Exporting remote or firewall certificates” on page 435 for more details.
• Retrieve a certificate—If a certificate request has been submitted to be
signed by a CA, click the Query button to query the CA to see if the
certificate is approved. If yes, the Status field will change to SIGNED and
the approved certificate will be retrieved.
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