Generate host certificate

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To create a host certificate you have to enter some information that is encoded in the certificate. You find both in the overview of the certificates.

 

Name of certificate (without file extension): Enter a name for the certificate in this textfield. If you enter "gibraltar" a user cert "gibraltar.pem" and a private key "gibraltarKey.pem" will be created.
Key length: Choose the length for the key from this select box. The higher the value the higher the safety of the IPSec tunnel using this certs. The disadvantage is that higher values for the key length lead to more work for the computer processor.
Validity (days): Enter the validity of the cert. After expiration the cert will not be accepted any more.
Country code: Enter the land code for your country (e.g: AT for Austria, DE for Germany, US for USA, ...).
Region: Enter your region.
City: Enter your city.
Organisation: Enter the name of the organisation of your company.
Organisational unit: Enter the name of the organisational unit of your company.
Owner: Enter the owner of the certificate.
Email: Enter the email of the owner.

 

After creating a new host certificate you can download the public part of it in the element group of the host certificates. This public part must be uploaded at the other side of the VPN tunnel to use it for authentication.