Certificates

Manage digital certificates used for secure communication.

View – displays details of the certificate. Personal certificates may be extended from the view screen.

Delete – removes the certificate from the device. Delete is not available if the certificate was installed by a device adminis- trator.

Certificates are divided into three types: Personal, Intermediate and Root.

See Certificates (page 11-36)chapter for detailed instruction on generating certificates.

Personal

This panel lists any installed Personal certificates. Personal certificates are used to identify the user of the device.

To install a User certificate:

1.Copy the .pfx or .p12 file to a folder on the MX7 Tecton.

2.Use File Explorer to browse to the location of the file and open the file by tapping the file name.

3.Type in the password to unlock the certificate and tap Done.

4.The new certificate is copied to the Personal certificate store on the MX7 Tecton.

Intermediate

This panel lists any installed Intermediate certificates. Intermediate certificates are used to help authenticate certificates received from other hosts.

To install an Intermediate certificate:

1.Copy a DER-encoded .cer file, a base64-encoded .cer file or a

.pfx file to a folder on the MX7 Tecton.

2.Use File Explorer to browse to the location of the file and open the file by tapping the file name.

3.The new certificate is copied to Intermediate certificate store on the MX7 Tecton.

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