Managing Certificates; Managing User Certificates - Oracle Database B10772-01 Administrator's Manual

Managing Certificates
Managing Certificates
Oracle Wallet Manager uses two kinds of certificates: user certificates and trusted
certificates. All certificates are signed data structures that bind a network identity
with a corresponding public key. User certificates are used by end entities,
including server applications, to validate an end entity's identity in a public
key/private key exchange. In comparison, trusted certificates are any certificates
that you trust, such as those provided by CAs to validate the user certificates that
they issue.
This section describes how to manage both certificate types, in the following
subsections:
Managing User Certificates
User certificates can be used by end users, smart cards, or applications, such as Web
servers. Server certificates are a type of user certificate. For example, if a CA issues a
certificate for a Web server, placing its
field, then the Web server is the certificate owner, thus the "user" for this user
certificate. User certificates do not validate other user certificates, except when they
are used as a trusted certificate in a user-centric trust model.
Managing user certificates involves the following tasks:
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Choose Wallet from the menu bar.
1.
Uncheck Auto Login. A message at the bottom of the window indicates
2.
that auto login is disabled.
Managing User Certificates
Managing Trusted Certificates
You must first install a trusted certificate from the certificate
Note:
authority before you can install a user certificate issued by that
authority. Several trusted certificates are installed by default when
you create a new wallet.
Understanding Public-Key Infrastructure, a third-party
See Also:
publication, listed in the Preface under
page -xxix, for a discussion of user-centric and other trust models.
Adding a Certificate Request
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