VPN: Importing a Certificate of Authority (CA) Certificate into SonicWall running SonicOS Enhanced

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DESCRIPTION:
VPN: Importing a Certificate of Authority (CA) Certificate into SonicWall running SonicOS Enhanced

RESOLUTION:

After your CA service has issued a Certificate for your Pending request, or has otherwise provided a Local Certificate, you can import it for use in VPN or Web Management
authentication. CA Certificates may also be imported to verify local Certificates and peer Certificates used in IKE negotiation.

Importing a Certificate Authority Certificate

To import a certificate from a certificate authority, perform these steps:

Step 1 - In the System | Certificates page, Click Import. The Import Certificate window is displayed.
Step 2 - Select Import a CA certificate from a PKCS#7 (*.p7b) or DER (.der or .cer) encoded file. The Import Certificate window settings change.
Step 3 - Enter the path to the certificate file in the Please select a file to import field or click Browse to locate the certificate file, and then click Open to set the directory path to the certificate.
Step 4 - Click Import to import the certificate into the SonicWall security appliance. Once it is imported, you can view the certificate entry in the Certificates and Certificate Requests table.
Step 5 - Moving your pointer to the Magnifier icon in the Details column displays the certificate details information.

Importing a Local Certificate

To import a local certificate, perform these steps:
Step 1 - In the System | Certificates page, Click Import. The Import Certificate window is displayed.
Step 2 - Enter a certificate name in the Certificate Name field.
Step 3 - Enter the password used by your Certificate Authority to encrypt the PKCS#12 file in the Certificate Management Password field.
Step 4 - Enter the path to the certificate file in the Please select a file to import field or click Browse to locate the certificate file, and then click Open to set the directory path to the certificate.
Step 5 - Click Import to import the certificate into the SonicWall security appliance. Once it is imported, you can view the certificate entry in the Certificates and Certificate Requests table.
Step 6 - Moving your pointer to Magnifier icon in the Details column displays the certificate details information.

To delete the certificate, click the delete icon. You can delete a certificate if it has expired or if you decide not to use third party certificates for VPN authentication.