
Acrobat 9 Family of Products
Getting and Using Your Digital ID
Security Feature User Guide
Viewing Digital ID Certificates in the Certificate Viewer 18
2. Select
Digital IDs
in the left-hand tree (
Figure 2.2.1
).
3. Highlight an ID in the list on the right.
4. Choose
Certificate Details
. The Certificate Viewer displays the certificate. (
Figure 8
). The following
details are available:
Left hand panel
: The certificate chain.
Bottom area
: A description of the certificate, path validity statement, path validation time, and
sometimes the type of validation.
Summary tab
: Displays the owner, issuer, validity period, and other details. The Intended Usage
field tells you whether the certificate can be used for signing, encryption, or both. An
Export
button
allow you to export the certificate to a file.
Details tab
: Lists all the certificate fields (extensions) and their values.
Revocation tab
: Indicates whether a revocation check occurred and the result. Allows users to
initiate a manual check and analyze problems.
Trust tab
: Displays the certificate’s trust level. If it does not already exist in the trusted identities list,
the
Add to Trusted Identities
is active. If the certificate is already on the Trusted Identities list and
you want to change the trust level, see
“Certificate Trust Settings” on page 35
.
Policies tab
: Displays policy restriction information that must be met for a signature to be valid, if
any.
Legal Notice tab
: Displays other certificate policies as well as a button which links to that policy, if
any.
Figure 8 Digital ID: Certificate viewer