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PHL-7000 series
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3.2.3 Certificates
Certificates are used by some applications for establishing trust and for secure
communications.
Certificates are signed and issued by certificate authorities and are valid for a prescribed period
of time. Windows CE manages multiple certificate stores.
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ITEM & FUNCTION
•
“
Store
”
Tab
(
Figure 3-26
)
:
9
In the Stores tab, select the certificate store you wish to
view or modify from the drop-down list (
Figure 3-27
).
9
The “
Trusted Authorities
“ store lists the top-level
certificates for authorities you trust. (
Figure 3-28
,
Figure
3-29
)
9
The “
My Certificates
“ store contains your personal
certificates, which you use to identify yourself.
9
Intermediate certificate authorities that help establish a
chain of trust are stored in the “
Other Authorities
” store.
•
“
Store
”
Tab
:
9
To add a certificate or associated private key to the
selected store, select “
Import
” (
Figure 3-30
).
9
To view more details of the selected certificate, such as the
expanded name or expiration date, choose “
View
”.
9
To delete the selected certificate from the store, choose
“
Remove
”.
Table 3-8
Certificates
