Generate client certificate

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

 

Key length: Choose the length for the key from this select box. The higher the value the more 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.
Password: Enter a password for the certificate. You will need this password later when you want to establish a VPN connection to Gibraltar by using OpenVPN.
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 address that belongs to this certificate.

 

After generating the client certificate you must store it to the client to create a VPN connection by using IPSec or OpenVPN to your Gibraltar firewall.