Managing Pkcs#12 Digital Id Files - Adobe 22002484 Manual

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Left hand panel: The certificate chain.
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Bottom area: A description of the certificate, path validity statement, path validation time, and
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sometimes the type of validation.
Summary tab: Displays the owner, issuer, validity period, and other details. The Intended Usage
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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.
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Revocation tab: Indicates whether a revocation check occurred and the result. Allows users to
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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,
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the Add to Trusted Identities is active.
Policies tab: Displays policy restriction information that must be met for a signature to be valid, if
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any.
Legal Notice tab: Displays other certificate policies as well as a button which links to that policy, if
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any.

2.3 Managing PKCS#12 Digital ID Files

PKCS#12 digital ID files have several convenient features:
Multiple IDs can be stored in a single, password-protected file.
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A file can contain both the public and private key.
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Passwords and password time-outs are user customizable.
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Figure 8 Digital ID: Certificate viewer
Getting and Using Your Digital ID
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