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You can display a list of trusted certificate authorities within a key database.

A trusted certificate authority issues and manages public keys for data encryption. A key database is used to share public keys that are used for secure connections.

To display a list of trusted certificate authorities (CAs) in a key database...

1. Start ikeyman.

2. Click...

   Key Database File | Open | key_database name

3. Enter your correct password in the Password prompt dialog box, and click OK.

4. Click Signer Certificates in the Key database content frame.

5. Click...

   Signer Certificates
   Personal Certificates
   Certificate Requests

   ...to view the list of CAs in the Key Information window.

 

Add default signer certificates

When the file...

/IBM/IHS/java/jre/lib/ext/gskikm.jar

...has not been removed, the version of iKeyman that is provided by the bundled JRE does not add a default list of signer certificates to newly-created key databases.

1. Select Signer Certificates from the drop-down menu in the iKeyman window.

2. Click the "Populate" on the right-hand side of the iKeyman window.

3. Click the grey boxes next to the certificate authority names...
   • Entrust
   • RSA Data Security
   • Thawte
   • Verisign

   ...so they display as checked.

4. Click OK.