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<hr><h1>Certificate Manager</h1>
<h1><a NAME="certs_first"></a><hr>Certificate Manager</h1>
<p>This section describes how to use the Certificate Manager. For more general information on using certificates, see <a href="using_certs_help.html">Using Certificates</a>.
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<p>In this section:</p>
<p><a href="#My_Certificates">Your Certificates</a></p>
<p><a href="#Web_Site_Certificates">Web Site Certificates</a></p>
<p><a href="#Other_Peoples_Certificates">Other People's</a></p>
<p><a href="#Web_Site_Certificates">Web Sites</a></p>
<p><a href="#CA_Certificates">Authorities</a></p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<a NAME="My_Certificates"></a>
<h2>Your Certificates</h2>
<h2><a NAME="My_Certificates"></a><hr>Your Certificates</h2>
<p>The Your Certificates tab in the Certificate Manager allows you to examine and work with the certificates you have on file that identify you. To select a certificate, click its name. To select more than one certificate, hold down the Control key and click the names of those you want to select.
<p>The Your Certificates tab in the <A href="#certs_first">Certificate Manager</a> displays the certificates on file that identify you. Your certificates are listed under the names of the organizations that issued them:
<p>To perform these actions, select the certificates on which you want to act and click one of these buttons:
<ul>
<li>If you can't see certificate names under an organization's name, double-click the name.
<li>To select a certificate, click its name.
<li>To select more than one certificate, hold down the Control key and click their names.
</ul>
<p>To perform the following actions, select the certificates on which you want to act and click one of these buttons:
<UL>
<LI><b>View:</b> Display detailed information about the selected certificates.</LI>
<LI><b>Backup:</b> Initiate the process of saving the selected certificates. A window appears that allows you to choose a password to protect the backup. You can then save the backup in a directory of your choice.</LI>
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<p>
[&nbsp;<A HREF="#certs_first">Return to beginning of Certificate Manager section</A>&nbsp;]
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<a NAME="Choose_a_Certificate_Backup_Password"></a>
<H3>Choose a Certificate Backup Password</H3>
<P>A certificate backup password protects one or more certificates that you are backing up using the Backup or Backup All button in the Your Certificates panel of the Certificate Manager.
<H3><a NAME="Choose_a_Certificate_Backup_Password"></a><hr>Choose a Certificate Backup Password</H3>
<p>The browser asks you to set a certificate backup password when you back up certificates, and requests it when you attempt to restore certificates that have previously been backed up.</P>
<P>A certificate backup password protects one or more certificates that you are backing up from the <a href="#My_Certificates">Your Certificates</a> tab in the Certificate Manager.
<p><b>Choose a good password:</b> If someone obtains the file containing a certificate that you have backed up and successfully restores the certificate, that person can send messages or access web sites while pretending to be you. This can have negative consequences, for example, if you digitally sign important email messages or manage your bank or investment accounts over the Internet.
<p>The Certificate Manager asks you to set this password when you back up certificates, and requests it when you attempt to restore certificates that have previously been backed up.</P>
<ul>
<li><b>Certificate backup password:</b> Type your backup password into this field.
<li><b>Certificate backup password (again):</b> Type your backup password again. If you don't type it the second time exactly as you did the first time, the OK button remains inactive. If this happens, try typing the new password again.
</ul>
<p>If someone obtains the file containing a certificate that you have backed up and successfully restores the certificate, that person can send messages or access web sites while pretending to be you. This can be a problem, for example, if you digitally sign important email messages or manage your bank or investment accounts over the Internet.
<p>Therefore, it's important to select a certificate backup password that is difficult to guess. The <b>password quality meter</b> gives you a rough idea of the quality of your password as you type it based on factors such as length and the use of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. <p>For further guidelines, see the online document <a href="http://home.netscape.com/security/basics/passwords.html" TARGET="_blank">Choosing a Good Password</a>.
<p>It's also important to record the password in a safe place&mdash;and not anywhere that's easily accessible to someone else. If you forget this password, you can't restore the backup of your certificate.</p>
<p>It's also important to record the password in a safe placeand not anywhere that's easily accessible to someone else. If you forget this password, you can't restore the backup of your certificate.</p>
<p>
[&nbsp;<A HREF="#certs_first">Return to beginning of Certificate Manager section</A>&nbsp;]
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<a NAME="Delete_My_Certificate"></a>
<h3>Delete Your Certificates</h3>
<P>Before deleting one of your own expired certificates, make sure you won't need it again some day for reading old email messages that you may have encrypted with the corresponding private key.
<h3><a NAME="Delete_My_Certificate"></a><hr>Delete Your Certificates</h3>
<P>Before deleting one of your own expired certificates from the <a href="#My_Certificates">Your Certificates</a> tab in the Certificate Manager, make sure you won't need it again some day for reading old email messages that you may have encrypted with the corresponding private key.
</P>
<p>
[&nbsp;<A HREF="#certs_first">Return to beginning of Certificate Manager section</A>&nbsp;]
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<a NAME="Web_Site_Certificates"></a>
<h2>Web Site Certificates</h2>
<p>The Web Sites tab in the Certificate Manager allows you to examine and work with the certificates you have on file that identify web sites.
<h2><a NAME="Other_Peoples_Certificates"></a><hr>Other People's Certificates</h2>
<p>To perform these actions, select the certificates on which you want to act and click one of these buttons:
<p>The Other People's tab in the <A href="#certs_first">Certificate Manager</a> displays email certificates you have on file that identify other people.
<p>When people send you digitally signed email messages, Certificate Manager imports their certificates automatically. You can use these certificates to send encrypted messages to those people.
<p>Other people's certificates are listed under the names of the organizations that issued them:
<ul>
<li>If you can't see certificate names under an organization's name, double-click the name.
<li>To select a certificate, click its name.
<li>To select more than one certificate, hold down the Control key and click their names.
</ul>
<p>To perform the following actions, select the certificates on which you want to act and click one of these buttons:
<ul>
<li><b>View:</b> Display detailed information about the selected certificates.
<li><b>Edit:</b> View or change the trust settings that Certificate Manager associates with the selected certificates. You can use these settings to designate a certificate as one that you trust or don't trust for identification purposes.
<li><b>Delete:</b> Delete the selected certificates.
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><a NAME="Edit_Email_Certificate_Trust_Settings"></a><hr>Edit Email Certificate Trust Settings</h3>
<p>When you select someone else's certificate from the <A href="#certs_first">Other People's</a> tab in the Certificate Manager and click Edit, you see a dialog box titled &quot;Edit email certificate trust settings.&quot;
<p>Here you specify whether you want to trust the selected certificate to identify messages from and send encrypted messages to the email address shown.
<p>The dialog box contains these elements:
<ul>
<li><b>The certificate &quot;<i>name of certificate</i>&quot; was issued by:</b> Provides information about the <a href="glossary.html#certificate_authority_(CA)">certificate authority</a> that issued this certificate.
<li><b>Edit certificate trust settings:</b></li>
<ul>
<li><b>Trust the authenticity of this certificate:</b> If you select this option, Certificate Manager will henceforth trust this certificate for the purposes of identifying messages from and sending encrypted email messages to the email address shown.
<li><b>Do not trust the authenticity of this certificate:</b> If you select this option, Certificate Manager will no longer trust this certificate for the purposes of identifying messages from and sending encrypted email messages to the email address shown.
</ul>
<li><b>Edit CA Trust:</b> Click this button to specify trust settings for the certificate authority (CA) that issued the email certificate. These settings allow you to trust or not to trust different kinds of certificates issued by that certificate authority. For example, you can choose to trust all email certificates issued by the authority.
</ul>
<p>Click OK to confirm your choice.
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><a NAME="Delete_Email_Certificate"></a><hr>Delete Email Certificates</h3>
<p>Before deleting someone else's certificate from the <a href="#Other_Peoples_Certificates">Other People's</a> tab in the Certificate Manager, make sure you won't need it again some day to send encrypted email to that person or to verify digital signatures on messages from that person.
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2><a NAME="Web_Site_Certificates"></a><hr>Web Site Certificates</h2>
<p>The Web Sites tab in the Certificate Manager displays certificates you have on file that identify web sites.
<p>Web site certificates are grouped under the names of the organizations that issued them:
<ul>
<li>If you can't see certificate names under an organization's name, double-click the name.
<li>To select a certificate, click its name.
<li>To select more than one certificate, hold down the Control key and click their names.
</ul>
<p>To perform the following actions, select the certificates on which you want to act and click one of these buttons:
<ul>
<li><b>View:</b> Display detailed information about the selected certificates.
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<a NAME="Edit_Web_Site_Certificate_Settings"></a>
<h3>Edit Web Site Certificate Trust Settings</h3>
<p>When you select a web site certificate and click Edit, you see a window entitled "Edit web site certificate trust settings." Here you specify whether you want to trust the selected certificate for identifying the web site and setting up an encrypted connection.
<h3><a NAME="Edit_Web_Site_Certificate_Settings"></a><hr>Edit Web Site Certificate Trust Settings</h3>
<p>When you select a web site certificate from the <A href="#Web_Site_Certificates">Web Sites</a> tab in the Certificate Manager and click Edit, you see a window entitled &quot;Edit web site certificate trust settings.&quot;
Here you specify whether you want to trust the selected certificate for identifying the web site and setting up an encrypted connection.<p>
<p>The dialog box contains these elements:
<ul>
<li><b>The certificate &quot;<i>name of certificate</i>&quot; was issued by:</b> Provides information about the <a href="glossary.html#certificate_authority_(CA)">certificate authority</a> that issued this certificate.
<li><b>Edit certificate trust settings:</b></li>
<ul>
<li><b>Trust the authenticity of this certificate:</b> If you select this option, Certificate Manager will henceforth trust this certificate for the purposes of identifying this web site or setting up an encrypted connection. If you select this option and then attempt to visit the web site, your browser will access the site with few, if any, warnings.
<li><b>Do not trust the authenticity of this certificate:</b> If you select this option, Certificate Manager will no longer trust this certificate for the purposes of identifying this web site or setting up an encrypted connection. If you select this option and then attempt to visit the web site, you will see one or more warning messages before you can access the site.
</ul>
<p>To specify trust settings for the certificate authority (CA) that issued the web site certificate, click Edit CA Trust. The CA trust settings allow you to trust or not to trust different kinds of certificates issued by that certificate authority. For example, you can choose to trust all web site certificates issued by that certificate authority.
<li><b>Edit CA Trust:</b> Click this button to specify trust settings for the certificate authority (CA) that issued the web site certificate. These settings allow you to trust or not to trust different kinds of certificates issued by that certificate authority. For example, you can choose to trust all web site certificates issued by the authority.
</ul>
<p>Click OK to confirm your choice.
<p>
[&nbsp;<A HREF="#certs_first">Return to beginning of Certificate Manager section</A>&nbsp;]
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<a NAME="Delete_Web_Site_Certificate"></a>
<h3>Delete Web Site Certificates</h3>
<h3><a NAME="Delete_Web_Site_Certificate"></a><hr>Delete Web Site Certificates</h3>
<p>Before deleting a web site certificate, make sure that you won't need it again for the purposes of identifying a web site and setting up an encrypted connection.
<p>Before deleting a web site certificate from the <a href="#Web_Site_Certificates">Web Sites</a> tab in the Certificate Manager, make sure that you won't need it again for the purposes of identifying a web site and setting up an encrypted connection.
<p>
[&nbsp;<A HREF="#certs_first">Return to beginning of Certificate Manager section</A>&nbsp;]
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<a NAME="CA_Certificates"></a>
<h2>Authorities</h2>
<p>The Authorities tab in the Certificate Manager allows you to examine and work with the certificates you have on file that identify certificate authorities (CAs).
<h2><a NAME="CA_Certificates"></a><hr>Authorities</h2>
<p>The Authorities tab in the <A href="#certs_first">Certificate Manager</a> displays the certificates you have on file that identify <a href="glossary.html#certificate_authority_(CA)">certificate authorities (CAs)</a>.
<p>CA certificates are grouped under the names of the organizations that issued them:
<ul>
<li>If you can't see CA certificate names under an organization's name, double-click the name.
<li>To select a CA certificate, click its name.
<li>To select more than one CA certificate, hold down the Control key and click their names.
</ul>
<p>To perform these actions, select the certificates on which you want to act and click one of these buttons:
<ul>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<a NAME="Edit_CA_Certificate_Settings"></a>
<h3>Edit CA Certificate Trust Settings</h3>
<h3><a NAME="Edit_CA_Certificate_Settings"></a><hr>Edit CA Certificate Trust Settings</h3>
<p>When you select a CA certificate and click Edit, you see a window entitled "Edit CA certificate trust settings." Here you specify the kinds of certificates you trust this CA to certify. If you deselect all the checkboxes, Certificate Manager will not trust any certificates issued by this CA.
<p>When you select a CA certificate from the <A href="#CA_Certificates">Authorities</a> tab in the Certificate Manager and click Edit, you see a window entitled "Edit CA certificate trust settings." Here you specify the kinds of certificates you trust this CA to certify. If you deselect all the checkboxes, Certificate Manager will not trust any certificates issued by this CA.
<p>The settings have these effects:
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<p>Click OK to confirm the settings you have selected.
<p>
[&nbsp;<A HREF="#certs_first">Return to beginning of Certificate Manager section</A>&nbsp;]
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><a NAME="Delete_CA_Certificate"></a><hr>Delete CA Certificates</h3>
<p>Before deleting a CA certificate from the <A href="#CA_Certificates">Authorities</a> tab in the Certificate Manager, make sure that you won't need it again to validate certificates issued by that CA. If you delete the only valid certificate you have for a CA, Certificate Manager will no longer trust any certificates issued by that CA.
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<a NAME="Delete_CA_Certificate"></a>
<h3>Delete CA Certificates</h3>
<p>Before deleting a CA certificate, make sure that you won't need it again to validate certificates issued by that CA. If you delete the only valid certificate you have for a CA, Certificate Manager will no longer trust any certificates issued by that CA.
<p>
[&nbsp;<A HREF="#certs_first">Return to beginning of Certificate Manager section</A>&nbsp;]
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<a NAME="Device_Manager:options"></a>
<hr><h1>Device Manager</h1>
<hr><a NAME="Security_Devices"></a><h1>Device Manager</h1>
<p>This section describes the options available in the Device Manager window. For background information and step-by-step instructions on the use of the Device Manager, see <a href="using_certs_help.html#using_certs_devices">Manage Smart Cards and Other Security Devices</a>.
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[&nbsp;<A HREF="#Security_Devices">Return to beginning of Device Manager section</A>&nbsp;]
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