Local Certificate Authorities
FortiGuest allows distribution of certificates to devices when they are authenticated onto the network You can also generate certificates internally on the FortiGuest.
- Navigate to Smart Connect > Local Certificate Authorities.
- Click New and update the following parameters.
- Common Name - This is either the IP address of FortiGuest or the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for FortiGuest. The FQDN must resolve correctly in DNS.
- Organization - The name of your organization or company.
- Organizational Unit (Section) - The name of the department or business unit that owns the device.
- Locality (e.g. City) - The city where the server is located.
- State or Province - The state where the server is located.
- Country - Select the relevant country.
- Maximum Lifetime in Days- The maximum lifetime of any generated certificate in days.
- Private Key Size (bits) - The minimum size of the private key to generate. The minimum size is 512 bits.