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Other Personal Security Manager Windows
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View Security Certificate
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Certificate Information
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Other Personal Security Manager Windows
</FONT></H1><A NAME="1035662">
Personal Security Manager sometimes displays additional windows, either in response to security-related events (such as a web site's request for identification) or when you click buttons within the main Personal Security Manager window. The sections that follow describe these windows. To see the Help text for any Personal Security Manager window, click the Help button at the bottom of the window.</P></A>
<ul><A NAME="1041118"><LI><a href="help.htm#1049021">View Security Certificate</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1041160"><LI><a href="help.htm#1035650">Choose Security Device</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1041298"><LI><a href="help.htm#1041171">Enrollment Information</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1055273"><LI><a href="help.htm#1055232">Certificate Renewal</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1041307"><LI><a href="help.htm#1041200">Choosing a Certificate</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1041334"><LI><a href="help.htm#1036401">New Certificate Authority</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1041343"><LI><a href="help.htm#1041248">Web Site Certificates</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1041352"><LI><a href="help.htm#1036488">Request for Signature</a></LI></A><BR></ul><A NAME="View Security Certificate"></A><A NAME="1049021">&nbsp</A>
<ul><A NAME="1041118"><LI><a href="help.htm#1055385">Certificate Information</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1041160"><LI><a href="help.htm#1035650">Choose Security Device</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1041298"><LI><a href="help.htm#1041171">Enrollment Information</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1055273"><LI><a href="help.htm#1055232">Certificate Renewal</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1041307"><LI><a href="help.htm#1041200">Choosing a Certificate</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1041334"><LI><a href="help.htm#1036401">New Certificate Authority</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1041343"><LI><a href="help.htm#1041248">Web Site Certificates</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1041352"><LI><a href="help.htm#1036488">Request for Signature</a></LI></A><BR></ul><A NAME="Certificate Information"></A><A NAME="1055385">&nbsp</A>
<h2><FONT Face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1">
View Security Certificate</FONT></h2>
Certificate Information</FONT></h2>
<A NAME="1055391">
Personal Security Manager displays three kinds of windows for viewing information about a certificate:</P></A>
<ul><A NAME="1055392"><LI><a href="help.htm#1049021">View Security Certificate</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1055476"><LI><a href="help.htm#1055417">View Security Certificate&#151;Complete Contents</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1055485"><LI><a href="help.htm#1055437">View Security Certificate&#151;Issuer Not Found</a></LI></A><BR></ul><A NAME="View Security Certificate"></A><A NAME="1049021">&nbsp</A>
<p><b><FONT Face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
View Security Certificate</FONT></b></p><A NAME="1055405">
The View Security Certificate window displays information about the certificate you selected in one of the panels available under the Certificate tab. You can also click View More Info in the top right corner of the window to see a complete text version of the certificate (normally of interest to IS professionals only).</P></A>
<A NAME="1049027">
The View Security Certificate window shows the following information about the selected certificate: </P></A>
<ul><P><A NAME="1049028"><LI>Whether the certificate has been verified, and if so for what uses. See <a href="glossary.htm#1025527">certificate verification</a> for a discussion of how Personal Security Manager verifies certificates. Uses can include any of the following: <B></B></LI></A><ul>
<P><A NAME="1037565"><LI><B>SSL Client.</B> Certificate used to identify you to web sites.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037569"><LI><B>SSL Server.</B> Certificate used to identify a web site server to browsers.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037570"><LI><B>Email Signer.</B> Certificate used to identify you for the purposes of digitally signing email messages.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037571"><LI><B>Email Recipient.</B> Certificate used to identify someone else, for example so you can send that person encrypted email.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037572"><LI><B>Status Responder.</B> Certificate used to identify an on-line status responder that uses the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) to check the validity of certificates. For more information about OCSP, see <a href="help.htm#1049128">OCSP Settings</a>.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037574"><LI><B>Certificate Authority.</B> Certificate used to identify a certificate authority&#151;that is, a service that issues certificates for use as identification over computer networks.</LI></A></ul>
<P><A NAME="1037620"><LI><B>Name.</B> The name of the person or other entity that the certificate identifies.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037684"><LI><B>Issued Under.</B> The name of the organization that issued the certificate.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037628"><LI><B>Serial Number.</B> The certificate's serial number.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037629"><LI><B>Validity.</B> The period of time during which the certificate can be used.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037642"><LI><B>Fingerprint.</B> A unique number associated with a certificate. The number is produced by applying a mathematical function to the contents of the certificate. A certificate's fingerprint can be used to verify that the certificate has not been tampered with.</LI></A></ul><A NAME="1049045">
For short definitions, click <a href="glossary.htm#1018895">certificate</a> or <a href="glossary.htm#1025527">certificate verification</a>. For an overview of Personal Security Manager and network security concepts, see <a href="help.htm#1044151">Introduction to Personal Security Manager</a>.</P></A>
<P><A NAME="1037620"><LI><B>Name.</B> The name of the person or other entity that the certificate identifies.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037684"><LI><B>Issued Under.</B> The name of the organization that issued the certificate. You can click this name to view the issuer's certificate (if it is available to Personal Security Manager) in a new View Security Certificate window. By clicking the "Issued Under" name in successive View Security Certificate windows, you can view each certificate in the original certificate's <a href="glossary.htm#1018500">certificate chain</a>.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037628"><LI><B>Serial Number.</B> The certificate's serial number.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037629"><LI><B>Validity.</B> The period of time during which the certificate can be used.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037642"><LI><B>Fingerprint.</B> A unique number associated with a certificate. The number is produced by applying a mathematical function to the contents of the certificate. A certificate's fingerprint can be used to verify that the certificate has not been tampered with.</LI></A></ul><A NAME="1049045">
For a short definition, click <a href="glossary.htm#1018895">certificate</a>. For an overview of Personal Security Manager and network security concepts, see <a href="help.htm#1044151">Introduction to Personal Security Manager</a>.</P></A>
<A NAME="View Security Certificate&#151;Complete Contents"></A><A NAME="1055417">&nbsp</A>
<p><b><FONT Face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
View Security Certificate&#151;Complete Contents</FONT></b></p><A NAME="1055420">
When you click View More Info in the upper-right corner of the View Security Certificate window, a new View Security Certificate window opens that displays the complete contents of the certificate. This information is normally of interest to IS professionals only. </P></A>
<A NAME="1055418">
Personal Security Manager displays basic ANSI types in human-readable form wherever possible. For fields whose contents it cannot interpret, Personal Security Manager simply displays the actual values contained in the certificate.</P></A>
<A NAME="View Security Certificate&#151;Issuer Not Found"></A><A NAME="1055437">&nbsp</A>
<p><b><FONT Face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
View Security Certificate&#151;Issuer Not Found</FONT></b></p><A NAME="1055445">
When you click the name of a certificate's issuer (labeled "Issued Under:") in the View Security Certificate window, a new View Security Certificate window opens with information about the issuer's certificate&#151;unless that certificate is not available in the <a href="glossary.htm#1023462">certificate store</a> maintained by Personal Security Manager. In this case, the new window informs you that the issuer's certificate could not be found.</P></A>
<A NAME="Choose Security Device"></A><A NAME="1035650">&nbsp</A>
<h2><FONT Face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1">
Choose Security Device</FONT></h2>