define({"topics" : [{"title":"How certificates work","shortdesc":"<p class=\"shortdesc\"><span class=\"keyword\">SMC<\/span> servers and <span class=\"keyword\">NGFW<\/span> Engines use certificates to identify each other in system         communications, and to secure communications to external components.<\/p>","id":"GUID-89CB5771-5468-40DB-B535-03B4493F2CAC","href":"GUID-89CB5771-5468-40DB-B535-03B4493F2CAC.html","menu": {"hasChildren":true,},"tocID":"GUID-89CB5771-5468-40DB-B535-03B4493F2CAC-d58e7601","next":"GUID-89CB5771-5468-40DB-B535-03B4493F2CAC-d58e7601",},{"title":"Types of internal certificate authorities","shortdesc":"<p class=\"shortdesc\">The internal certificate authority can be either an internal Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) certificate authority or an internal RSA certificate         authority.<\/p>","id":"GUID-55DCB2D0-7BED-4D9E-ABC2-3DAAFE6CE89A","href":"GUID-55DCB2D0-7BED-4D9E-ABC2-3DAAFE6CE89A.html","menu": {"hasChildren":true,},"tocID":"GUID-55DCB2D0-7BED-4D9E-ABC2-3DAAFE6CE89A-d58e7699","next":"GUID-55DCB2D0-7BED-4D9E-ABC2-3DAAFE6CE89A-d58e7699",},{"title":"Using certificates to secure communications to external components","shortdesc":"<p class=\"shortdesc\">You can use certificates to secure communications from the <span class=\"keyword\">SMC<\/span> servers or <span class=\"keyword\">NGFW<\/span> Engines to \t\texternal components.<\/p>","id":"GUID-3F359CE9-ADB4-4911-A28B-996EA8B072E3","href":"GUID-3F359CE9-ADB4-4911-A28B-996EA8B072E3.html","menu": {"hasChildren":true,},"tocID":"GUID-3F359CE9-ADB4-4911-A28B-996EA8B072E3-d58e7810","next":"GUID-3F359CE9-ADB4-4911-A28B-996EA8B072E3-d58e7810",},{"title":"Creating certificates","shortdesc":"<p class=\"shortdesc\">You can generate certificates in the <span class=\"keyword\">SMC<\/span>, then sign the certificate request with tools in the <span class=\"keyword\">SMC<\/span> or with an external certificate authority.<\/p>","id":"GUID-7508C2C7-026E-41E4-843C-E6E752E9DB37","href":"GUID-7508C2C7-026E-41E4-843C-E6E752E9DB37.html","menu": {"hasChildren":true,},"tocID":"GUID-7508C2C7-026E-41E4-843C-E6E752E9DB37-d58e8328","next":"GUID-7508C2C7-026E-41E4-843C-E6E752E9DB37-d58e8328",},{"title":"Configure settings for certificate validation","shortdesc":"<p class=\"shortdesc\">Certificate validation settings allow you to define the settings that the <span class=\"keyword\">NGFW<\/span> Engine uses when it connects to a Certificate Revocation List \t\t(CRL) or Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) server. <\/p>","id":"GUID-86E009CA-45B9-4E6D-9131-1F38DB9E318B","href":"GUID-86E009CA-45B9-4E6D-9131-1F38DB9E318B.html#GUID-86E009CA-45B9-4E6D-9131-1F38DB9E318B","menu": {"hasChildren":false,},"tocID":"GUID-86E009CA-45B9-4E6D-9131-1F38DB9E318B-d58e8611","topics":[]},{"title":"Renewing certificates","shortdesc":"<p class=\"shortdesc\">You must renew certificates and certificate authorities when they expire. <\/p>","id":"GUID-F39E68E6-45A3-46C7-B7E7-E4C5F5155CA0","href":"GUID-F39E68E6-45A3-46C7-B7E7-E4C5F5155CA0.html","menu": {"hasChildren":true,},"tocID":"GUID-F39E68E6-45A3-46C7-B7E7-E4C5F5155CA0-d58e8695","next":"GUID-F39E68E6-45A3-46C7-B7E7-E4C5F5155CA0-d58e8695",}]});