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Storing a certificate authority certificate

This topic describes how to store a certificate from a certificate authority (CA) not a trusted CA.

Store a certificate from a certificate authority (CA) who is not a trusted CA as follows:

1. Start the ikeyman user interface. Refer to Starting the Key Management utility for platform-specific instructions.

2. Click Key Database File from the main user interface, then click Open.

3. Enter your key database name in the Open dialog box, or click the key.kdb file, if using the default. Click OK.

4. Enter your password in the Password Prompt dialog box, then click OK.

5. Click Signer Certificates in the Key Database content frame, then click Add.

6. In the Add CA Certificate from a File dialog box, click the Base64-encoded ASCII data certificate file name, or use the Browse option. Click OK.

7. In the Label dialog box, enter a label name and click OK.

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Managing keys with the ikeyman graphical interface (Distributed systems)