Cisco Small Business RV 120W Wireless-N VPN Firewall ...

Configuring Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and SecurityConfiguring Security5To configure certificates, choose Security > SSL Certificate. You can choose thefollowing options:Generating New CertificatesOne of the steps in creating a certificate is to generate a certificate request fromthe computer or the device that will be using the certificate. The CertificateSigning Request (CSR) file needs to be submitted to the CA who will thengenerate a certificate for this device.To generate a certificate request:STEP 1STEP 2STEP 3STEP 4STEP 5STEP 6Choose Security > SSL Certificate.Choose Generate a New Certificate.Click Generate Certificate.Enter the name of the certificate request.Enter the subject of the certificate request. The Subject field populates the CN(Common Name) entry of the generated certificate. Subject names are usuallydefined in the following format: CN=, OU=, O=, L=, ST=, C=. For example,CN=router1, OU=my_company, O=mydept, L=SFO, C=US.Choose the Hash Algorithm: MD5 or SHA-1. The algorithm used to sign thecertificate (RSA) is shown.STEP 7 Enter the signature key length, or the length of the signature (512,1024, or 2048).STEP 8STEP 9(Optional) Enter the IP address of the router.(Optional) Enter the domain name of the router.STEP 10 (Optional) Enter the e-mail address of the company contact that is used whengenerating the self certificate request.STEP 11 Click Generate. A new certificate request is created.Importing a Certificate from a FileTo import a certificate from a file (for example, if you have been given a certificatefrom a CA), the file must be on a computer connected to the Cisco RV120W:Cisco RV120W Administration Guide 108