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Tim keeps the private key and makes the public key openly available. This means
that anyone who receives a message seeming to come from Tim can read it and
verify whether it is really from him or not.
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Tim uses his private key to sign the message and sends it to Jenny.
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Jenny receives the message and uses Tim’s public key to verify it. Jenny knows
that the message is from Tim, and that although other people may have been able
to read the message, no-one can have altered it (because they cannot re-sign the
message with Tim’s private key).
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Additionally, Jenny uses her own private key to sign a message and Tim uses
Jenny’s public key to verify the message.
The ZyWALL uses certificates based on public-key cryptology to authenticate users
attempting to establish a connection, not to encrypt the data that you send after
establishing a connection. The method used to secure the data that you send
through an established connection depends on the type of connection. For
example, a VPN tunnel might use the triple DES encryption algorithm.
The certification authority uses its private key to sign certificates. Anyone can then
use the certification authority’s public key to verify the certificates.
A certification path is the hierarchy of certification authority certificates that
validate a certificate. The ZyWALL does not trust a certificate if any certificate on
its path has expired or been revoked.
Certification authorities maintain directory servers with databases of valid and
revoked certificates. A directory of certificates that have been revoked before the
scheduled expiration is called a CRL (Certificate Revocation List). The ZyWALL can
check a peer’s certificate against a directory server’s list of revoked certificates.
The framework of servers, software, procedures and policies that handles keys is
called PKI (public-key infrastructure).
Advantages of Certificates
Certificates offer the following benefits.
• The ZyWALL only has to store the certificates of the certification authorities that
you decide to trust, no matter how many devices you need to authenticate.
• Key distribution is simple and very secure since you can freely distribute public
keys and you never need to transmit private keys.
Self-signed Certificates
You can have the ZyWALL act as a certification authority and sign its own
certificates.
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Page 186: ...Chapter 7 Tutorials ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 186 ...
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Page 284: ...Chapter 10 Monitor ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 284 ...
Page 372: ...Chapter 13 Interfaces ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 372 ...
Page 382: ...Chapter 14 Trunks ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 382 ...
Page 398: ...Chapter 15 Policy and Static Routes ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 398 ...
Page 412: ...Chapter 16 Routing Protocols ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 412 ...
Page 432: ...Chapter 19 NAT ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 432 ...
Page 437: ...Chapter 20 HTTP Redirect ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 437 ...
Page 438: ...Chapter 20 HTTP Redirect ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 438 ...
Page 460: ...Chapter 23 Authentication Policy ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 460 ...
Page 478: ...Chapter 24 Firewall ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 478 ...
Page 519: ...Chapter 25 IPSec VPN ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 519 ...
Page 520: ...Chapter 25 IPSec VPN ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 520 ...
Page 534: ...Chapter 26 SSL VPN ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 534 ...
Page 544: ...Chapter 27 SSL User Screens ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 544 ...
Page 546: ...Chapter 28 SSL User Application Screens ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 546 ...
Page 554: ...Chapter 29 SSL User File Sharing ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 554 ...
Page 639: ...Chapter 34 IDP ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 639 ...
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Page 661: ...Chapter 35 ADP ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 661 ...
Page 662: ...Chapter 35 ADP ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 662 ...
Page 694: ...Chapter 37 Content Filter Reports ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 694 ...
Page 712: ...Chapter 38 Anti Spam ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 712 ...
Page 734: ...Chapter 39 Device HA ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 734 ...
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Page 756: ...Chapter 41 Addresses ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 756 ...
Page 768: ...Chapter 43 Schedules ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 768 ...
Page 784: ...Chapter 45 Authentication Method ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 784 ...
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Page 818: ...Chapter 48 SSL Application ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 818 ...
Page 828: ...Chapter 49 Endpoint Security ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 828 ...
Page 880: ...Chapter 50 System ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 880 ...
Page 920: ...Chapter 54 Reboot ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 920 ...
Page 922: ...Chapter 55 Shutdown ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 922 ...
Page 942: ...Chapter 56 Troubleshooting ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 942 ...
Page 954: ...Chapter 57 Product Specifications ZyWALL USG 100 200 Series User s Guide 954 ...
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