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CA Certs Tab of the Manage Certificates Dialog

Use this dialog to view, install, and manage Certificate Authority (CA) certificates. Many CA certificates are built into the Administration Server for convenience. You can install any new ones that you might need.

Security Device. Choose the security device that you want to manage. Unless you have installed an external device, only the internal (software) module will be available.

Change Password. Click to change the password for the selected security device.

The CA certificates installed on the selected device are shown in the table below. Information about each certificate is given in the following columns:

  • Certificate Name - Gives the common name of the certificate.

  • Expiration Date - Gives the expiration date of the certificate.

Detail. Select a line of the table and click this button to display more information about the certificate.

Install. Click this button to open the Certificate Install Wizard, which you can use to install a new CA certificate or CA certificate chain. The new certificate will be installed on the selected security device.

Edit Trust. Click to change trust settings for a selected CA certificate. In the pop-up dialog that appears, select or deselect the checkbox beside the following settings to determine when this certificate is trusted:

  • Accepting connections from clients. (Client Authentication)

  • Making connections to other servers. (Server Authentication)

Delete. Select a CA certificate in the table and click this button to delete it from this security device. This button is not active for the built-in CA certificates.


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