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Types of Certificates in Certificate Manager

About the Types of Certificates

The Certificate Manager allows you to create different types of certificates and perform

the options as described in

Table 22-2 Certificate Manager–Types of Certificates

Certificate Types

Root Certificate

Server Certificate

Client Certificate

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Table

22-2.

Description

Generates a key pair and a self signed root

certificate which can be used to sign server and

client certificates.

This option creates a file containing the root

certificate and encrypted private key and a trusted

file for import into entities needing to validate

certificates signed by this root.

Generates a key pair and a server certificate which

can be used to identify a server.

The server certificate must be signed by a root

certificate and the password for the root encrypted

private key must be known. Typically the

certificate and the private key generated by the root

certificate selection above are used. The server

certificate contains extensions suitable for server

authentication.

Generates a key pair and a client certificate which

can be used to identify a client.

The client certificate must be signed by a root

certificate and the password for the root encrypted

private key must be known. Typically the

certificate and the private key generated by the root

certificate selection above are used. The client

certificate contains extensions suitable for client

authentication.

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