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

Selecting a new
proxy certificate
Importing and
exporting
certificates
Figure 184: Load
Certificate for PKCS 10
Request window
Chapter 14: Configuring Virtual Private Networks
Importing and exporting certificates
To assign a new certificate to a selected proxy, click Modify. See “Selecting a
new proxy certificate” on page 431 for details.
Note: You will receive a warning message if you click Modify and there is not at
least one self-signed RSA/DSA firewall certificate currently defined on the
Sidewinder G2. See “Configuring and displaying firewall certificates” on page 424
for information on defining this type of certificate.
The Proxy Certificate Selection window is used to assign a new certificate to
the selected proxy. To assign a certificate to a proxy, follow the steps below.
1 In the Certificate drop-down list, select the new certificate to assign to this
proxy (the proxy name is displayed in the Proxy Name field). Only selfsigned,
RSA/DSA firewall certificates that are defined on the Firewall
Certificate tab are displayed in this list.
2 Click OK to save the change and to exit the window, or click Cancel to exit
the window without saving the change.
3 Click the Save icon.
Once the certificates have been generated, they need to be exported and
transferred to a VPN client such as SafeNet SoftRemote or to another
Sidewinder G2. Similarly, you may want to import certificates into the
Sidewinder G2 originally created on another system. This section walks you
through importing and exporting certificates on the Sidewinder G2.
Loading manual remote or firewall certificates
If you chose to create a manual certificate, you must retrieve the certificate
after it is signed by the CA; the Sidewinder G2 will not retrieve it automatically.
For this process, the Load button appears when an unsigned requested
certificate name is highlighted. Clicking this button will initiate the process to
retrieve and import the certificate. After clicking Load, the following window
appears.
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