Appendix A Importing A Certificate; Figure 15 Internet Explorer 7: Tools Menu - ZyXEL Communications MAX-706 User Manual

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This appendix shows you how to import public key certificates into your web browser.
Public key certificates are used by web browsers to ensure that a secure web site is legitimate.
When a certificate authority such as VeriSign, Comodo, or Network Solutions, to name a few,
receives a certificate request from a website operator, they confirm that the web domain and
contact information in the request match those on public record with a domain name registrar.
If they match, then the certificate is issued to the website operator, who then places it on the
site to be issued to all visiting web browsers to let them know that the site is legitimate.
This appendix shows you how to do the following in Internet Explorer:
• Installing a Certificate File on page 45
• Removing a Certificate on page 49
Installing a Certificate File
The following example uses Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP Professional;
however, they can also apply to Internet Explorer on Windows Vista.
This section shows you how to import a public key certificate in Internet Explorer 7.
1 Open Internet Explorer and click Tools > Internet Options.

Figure 15 Internet Explorer 7: Tools Menu

2 In the Internet Options dialog box, click Content > Certificates.
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