NEXUS 7 GUIDEBOOK SECURIT Y SETTINGS 11 7
Work with certicatesYou can use digital certicates to identify your devi ce for a variety
of purposes, includi ng VPN or Wi-Fi network a ccess as well as
authentication to ser vers by apps such as Email or C hrome. To
use a certi cate to identify your devic e, you must obta in it wi th
help from your system admin istrator, and in stall it in your de vice’s
trusted credential sto rage .
Android suppor ts DER-en coded X.50 9 certi cates, saved in les
with a .crt or .cer le extensi on. If yo ur certi cate le has a .de r
or other extension, you m ust change it to .cr t or .cer or you won’t
be able to install it.
Android also supports X.509 certicate s saved in PKCS#12 key
store les with a .p12 or .pfx extension. If your key store has some
other extension, you mu ch change it to .p12 or .pfx or you won’ t
be able to install it. When you install a cer ticate from a PKCS#12
key store, Android also ins talls any accompan ying private key or
certicate authori ty certic ates.
If your tablet has multiple u sers, only the owne r can see the cer-
ticate settings.
Install client & CA certi cates
To install a certicate from yo ur tablet’s inte rnal storage:
1. Copy the certicate or key s tore fro m your compu ter to the
root of your device’s intern al storage (that is, n ot in a folder).
2. To uch Settings > Personal > Security > Credential storage
> Install from storage.
3. Touc h the lename of the certicate or keys tore to install. Only
certicates that you have n’t already ins talled are displa yed.
4. I f prompted, ente r the key store passwor d and touch OK.
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