NEXUS 7 GUIDEBOOK SECURIT Y SETTINGS 11 7
Work with certicates
You can use digital certicates 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 certicate 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 ticate from a PKCS#12
key store, Android also ins talls any accompan ying private key or
certicate authori ty certic ates.
If your tablet has multiple u sers, only the owne r can see the cer-
ticate settings.

Install client & CA certi cates

To install a certicate from yo ur tablet’s inte rnal storage:
1. Copy the certicate 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 certicate or keys tore to install. Only
certicates 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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