User guide

A Security Alert dialog box may appear if there are server certificate issues. See Server

certificates on page 67 for information about certificate alerts and updating server certificates.

Client certificates

DSView software client certificates (also known as user certificates) are used to authenticate

client users during login when the DSView software internal authentication service is

configured in their user accounts. See Adding User Accounts on page 263.

To use DSView software client certificates for authentication, a DSView software administrator

must first enable certificate authentication; see Client session information on page 73. Once

this is enabled, the DSView server will prompt the client web browser to send its user

certificates.

The DSView software client certificate must first be loaded into the client web browser and be

associated with a user account. There are two ways to do this:

• The certificate location can be specified in a user account - see User certificates on page

268

• The DSView software administrator may enable user-settable certificates, then the user may

specify the certificate location - see Specifying a user certificate on page 41

If the system certificate policy (see below) is enabled for user certificates, the certificate used at

Managed appliance certificates

Certificates are also used for authenticating and authorizing managed appliance sessions when a

managed appliance is added in secure mode. See Adding Units on page 129.

System certificate policy and trust store

DSView software administrators may configure the certificate policy by enabling/disabling

settings. The trust store contains a list of all trusted certificate authorities known to the DSView

software. You may add, remove or modify the location of trust store entries.

To configure certificate policy settings:

1. Click the System tab.

2. Click Global Properties in the top navigation bar.

3. Click X.509 Certificates in the side navigation bar. The System Certificate Policy window

will open.

4. Enable/disable checkboxes or select values as indicated for each setting.

Table 4.3: System Certificate Policy

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