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Managing Certificates
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9.2 Managing Certificates
Digital certificates are electronic documents that are used to validate the end parties or entities
involved in data transfer. These certificates are normally associated with X.509 public key
certificates and are used to bind a public key to a recognized party for a specific time period.
Various features on the AP make use of X.509 certificates for authentication and/or encryption of
data exchanged with peers.
The certificate stores provide a repository for managing all certificates. To view the certificate
stores, select Security > Certificate stores .
9.2.1 Trusted CA Certificate Store
This list displays all CA certificates installed on the AP. The AP uses the CA certificates to validate
the certificates supplied by peers during authentication. Multiple CA certificates can be installed to
support validation of peers with certificates issued by different CAs.
The AP uses the CA certificates to validate certificates supplied by:
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Administrators accessing the AP’s management tool
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SOAP clients communicating with the AP’s SOAP server
The following information is displayed for each certificate in the list:
9.2.1.1 Issued to
Name of the certificate holder. Click the name to view the contents of the certificate.
Figure 9-3: Managing Certificates