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ThisappendixcontainssectionsdescribingCertificatesandCertificate

Authorityandprovidesdirectionsabouthowto:

• InstallDominionSXCACertificatetoaBrowserCertificate

• InstallSXServerCertificateforIEBrowsers

• InstallSXServerCertificateforNetscapeNavigator

• InstallaThirdPartyRootCertificateInBrowsers

• **GenerateaCSRforaTh

irdPa

rtyCAtosign.

• **InstallThirdPartyCertificatetoSX.

• **InstallClientCertificaterootintotheSX.

• **InstallClientCertificateintoInternetExplorer

• **InstallClientCertificateintoNetscapeNavigator

ACertificateauthority(CA)isanentitywhichissuesdigitalcertificates

forusebyoth

rparties.Thesecertificatescontainapublicandprivate

keypairasdescribedinstandardcryptographyreferences.Thereare

manycommercialCAsthatchargefortheirservices;however,the

DominionSXactsasafreeCAthatgeneratesitsowncertificates.CAand

certificatesarepartofhighlyav

ailablesecu

ritytechnologythatcanbe

builtintobrowsersandwebservers‐inparticularSSL.Browsersand

OperatingSystemscomewithapre‐installedlistoftrustedCertification

Authorities,knownastheTrustedRootCAstore.TheDominionSX

certificatescanbeaddedintoabrowserasTrustedCA.

In This Chapter

DefaultSXCertificateAuthoritySettings...................................................260

InstallCARootforIEBro

wsers...................................................................260

InstallDomini

onSXServerCertificateforNetscapeNavigator.............263

InstallaThird‐Par

tyRootCertificate..........................................................265

ImportCertif

icatesforLDAP.......................................................................270

Appendix C

Certificates