Certificates

A digital certificate is an electronic means to verify identity by using a trusted third-party known as a Certificate Authority (CA). SonicWall supports third-party certificates in addition to the existing Authentication Service.

SonicWall security appliances interoperate with any X.509v3-compliant provider of Certificates. However, SonicWall security appliances have been tested with these vendors of Certificate Authority Certificates:

• Entrust
• Microsoft
• OpenCA
• OpenSSL and TLS
• VeriSign