VeriFone P200 Reference Manual page 44

F A
ILE UTHENTICATION
Planning for File Authentication
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P200/P400 R
EFERENCE
Figure 9 illustrates the certificate trees in development and deployment devices.
DEVELOPMENT TERMINAL
DEVELOPMENT TERMINAL
ROOT
ROOT
VERIFONE
VERIFONE
PARTITION PARTITION
OPERATING
OPERATING
SYSTEM
SYSTEM
Figure 9 Certificate Trees in Development and Deployment Devices
Permanency of the Certificate Tree
The data contained in a digital certificate is stored in the device's certificate tree
when the certificate is authenticated. The system automatically removes the .crt
file once processed.
Required Inputs to the File Signing Process
The required inputs to the file signing process are:
•
Files to be signed.
•
VeriShield signer card. It contains the sponsor and signer certificates, and the
signer private key.
•
Smart Card PIN to access the private key on the card.
G
UIDE
APPLICATION VERIFONE
APPLICATION VERIFONE
PARTITION PARTITION PARTITION PARTITION
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT
SPONSOR
SPONSOR
CERTIFICATE
CERTIFICATE
OPERATING
OPERATING
(VALIDATED
(VALIDATED
BY THE
BY THE
APPLICATION
APPLICATION
PARTITION
PARTITION
CERTIFICATE)
CERTIFICATE)
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT
SIGNER
SIGNER
CERTIFICATE
CERTIFICATE
(VALIDATED BY
(VALIDATED BY
THE SPONSOR
THE SPONSOR
CERTIFICATE)
CERTIFICATE)
DEPLOYMENT TERMINAL
DEPLOYMENT TERMINAL
ROOT
ROOT
APPLICATION
APPLICATION
PARTITION PARTITION
DEPLOYMENT
DEPLOYMENT
SPONSOR
SPONSOR
CERTIFICATE
CERTIFICATE
(VALIDATED
(VALIDATED
SYSTEM
SYSTEM
BY THE
BY THE
APPLICATION
APPLICATION
PARTITION
PARTITION
CERTIFICATE)
CERTIFICATE)
DEPLOYMENT
DEPLOYMENT
CERTIFICATE
CERTIFICATE
(VALIDATED BY
(VALIDATED BY
THE SPONSOR
THE SPONSOR
CERTIFICATE)
CERTIFICATE)