Subject Name
This field displays the fully typed subject name within the certificate authority's public key certificate.
Issuer Name
This field displays the fully typed name of the issuer of the public key certificate.
Effective Date
This field displays the time and date when the CA's public key certificate becomes valid.
Expiration Date
This field displays the date and time when the CA's public key certificate becomes invalid. Like the Effective Date field, this field uses both a locale-specific date and a 24-hour clock format.
Certificate Status
This field initially displays Click Validate... as the status for each certificate. To determine the certificate's status, click Validate.
Replace
This button allows you to replace the contents of this certificate by either reading in new content from a PKCS12 (PFX) file or pasting the content into the dialog box. You might use this option if your certificate has expired.
Details
Clicking this button provides additional details about the CA's public key certificate, including information regarding the key usage, signature algorithm, extensions and Novell® security attributes.
Export
This button opens a new dialog box that allows you to export the public key certificate in DER or Base64 format, or the public key certificate, certificate chain, and private key in PKCS #12 (PFX) format.
Validate
Clicking this button starts a validation test on the certificate that checks to see if the certificate, and all certificates in its certificate chain, are valid. The validation test reports the status and a reason, if applicable. The status then appears in the Status field.
The validation test can return one of two values:
To see a list of reasons why a certificate may be invalid, click here.
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