Certificate information – HP Secure Key Manager User Manual

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Description

Component

A certificate summary containing the following information:

Common Name: Name of entity to which certificate is issued. This is typically the
name of the application.

Issuer Name: Name of CA that issued the certificate. This information is not dis-
played for certificate requests.

Expiration Date: The final date on which this certificate is valid. Following this
date, the certificate can only be renewed by obtaining a new certificate from the
CA. This information is not displayed for certificate requests.

Certificate Information

A certificate installed on the SKM can be a client or server certificate.

Certificate Purpose

The certificate status is one of the following:

Request Pending – Certificate request generated. Waiting for certificate from CA.

Certificate Active – Certificate is ready to be used.

Certificate Expires in x days – Expires in x days. This state appears when a certi-
ficate expires in less than 30 days.

Certificate Expired – Certificate expiration date is earlier than current date.

Certificate Not Yet Active – Certificate activation date is after the current date.

Invalid Certificate – Certificate is improperly signed by CA.

Error in Certificate – Malformed certificate.

Certificate Status

Click Edit to modify the certificate name.

Edit

Click Delete to remove the specified certificate.

Delete

Click Properties to access the Certificate Information section and view information
about, download, and install certificates. For more information on viewing a certific-
ate's properties, see

Certificate Information

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Properties

Certificate Information

Use the Certificate Information section to view information about, download, and install certificates.
The top portion of the Certificate Information page contains the configured elements of the certificate.
The lower portion of this page contains the PEM-encoded X509 certificate data.

When you are viewing the properties of a certificate request, the Certificate Information page presents
only the Certificate Name, Key Size, and Subject fields above the X509 certificate request data. An
active certificate presents Certificate Name, Key Size, Start Date, Expiration, Issuer, and Subject
above the X509 certificate data. Additionally, you have the option to create a self–signed certificate.

CAUTION:

If you are copying the certificate text into an application such as Microsoft Word, it is important to
ensure that no carriage returns/line feeds are lost. Such a loss would corrupt the certificate and
prevent you from getting the certificate signed by a CA.

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