Managing certificates on Soft-PK
Installing and Working with Soft-PK 4-9
TIP: You should select the new certificate and click Verify to validate it.
Exporting a personal
certificate 14. In the My Certificates tab, select a personal certificate.
15. Click Export. The Export Certificate and Private Key dialog box appears.
16. In the Filename box, enter the drive, directory, and filename for the
personal certificate file. The default setting is C:\Temp\Cert.p12.
17. In the Password box, type any password you choose.
18. In the Confirm Password box, retype the password.
Note: The end user will need to know this password when import this file into their copy
of Soft-PK.
Importing certificate in Soft-PK
Use the following procedures to import certificates into the Soft-PK
system.
Note: These procedures are summarized on the UserWorksheet.doc file, customize as
needed for your end users.
Importing a CA root or self-
signed firewall certificate
into Soft-PK
Use the following procedure to import a self-sign ed firewall or CA
root certificate into the Soft-PK system. This procedure is done at the
client system and assumes Soft-PK is already installed and you already
have a diskette containing an exported self-signe d firewall or CA root
certificate.
1. Select Start -> Programs -> SafeNet/Soft-PK -> Certificate Manager (or
right click the SafeNet icon and select Certificate Manager ).
2. Click the CA Certificates tab.
3. Click Import Certificate.... The Import CA Certificate window appears.