Signer certificates collection
Use this page to manage signer certificates in key stores. Signer certificates are used by JSSE to validate certificates sent by the remote side of the connection during a SSL handshake. If a signer does not exist in the trust store that can validate the certificate sent, the handshake fails and generates an "unknown certificate" error.
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Security | SSL certificate and key management | Manage endpoint security configurations | {Inbound | Outbound} | ssl_configuration | Related items | Key stores and certificates | key store | Signer certificates
Button Resulting action Add Adds a new trusted (signer) certificate. Delete Deletes an existing signer certificate. Extract Extracts a signer certificate from a personal certificate to a file. Retrieve from port Makes a test connection to an SSL port and retrieves the signer from the server during the handshake. The information from the certificate will be displayed so you can decide whether to trust it based upon the MD5 and/or SHA hash.
- Alias
Specify the alias for this signer certificate in the key store.
- Issued to
Specify the distinguished name of the entity that requested the certificate.
- Fingerprint (SHA digest)
Specify the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA hash) of the certificate. This can be used to verify the hash for the certificate at another location, such as the client side of a connection.
- Expiration
Specify the expiration date of the signer certificate for validation purposes.
Related tasks
Creating a Secure Sockets Layer configuration
Related Reference
Key stores and certificates collection