User's Manual

Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client
6-10 Using the Certificate Manager
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When the CA receives (accepts) your request, a confirmation message may open; click
OK.
It may take some time for the CA to approve your request. The client checks the CA at a
defined interval for approved personal certificates to retrieve. To change this polling
interval, go to Define how often to check for personal certificates to retrieve.
• For file-based certificate requests only: When a message box opens confirming that the
certificate request file was created, click OK.
To find out how to send the certificate request file to the CA and receive the certificate file
when the CA returns it; this process varies with each CA, contact the specific CA.
Define How Often to Check for and Retrieve New Personal Certificates
For CAs that support SCEP, the client periodically checks for, or polls, the CA's certificate server
to look for and retrieve any new personal certificates approved in response to online certificate
requests, which display on the Requests tab in the Certificate Manager. You can set the time period
between these automatic pools.
1. In the Security Policy Editor, click Options>Certificate Settings. The Certificate Settings
dialog box opens.
2. In the Online certificate request polling interval (minutes) box, specify how often the client
checks the CA's certificate server for approved personal certificates requests; type the number
of minutes, from 1 through 999999, between polls. The default is 15 minutes.
3. Click OK.
4. Click Save.
Retrieve a Personal Certificate Manually
After you submit your online request for a personal certificate, the CA must receive the request,
and then approve it. Some time may elapse between these two events. The approval creates the
personal certificate. The client automatically checks this CA for the approved certificate at the
interval defined on the Certificates Setting dialog box in the Certificate Manager, and then
retrieves and displays it on the My Certificates tab in the Certificate Manager.
You can check for and retrieve your approved personal certificate manually, too, if you don't want
to wait for the client.
1. In the Certificate Manager, click the Requests tab.
2. Click Retrieve.