Chapter 6: Settings
Certificates
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Certificates
A public key is transmitted as part of a certificate. The certificates listed in the
Certificates
tabs ensure that the submitted public key is, in fact, the public key that belongs to the sub-
mitter. The Ikôn checks that the certificate has been digitally signed by a certification
authority that the Ikôn explicitly trusts.
Your Ikôn has certificates already preinstalled in the unit.
Personal
certificates establish
your identity,
Intermediate
certificates, as the name suggests, identifies intermediate certifi-
cation authorities and
Root
certificates establish the identity of the servers with which you
can connect.
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Tap on
Start>Settings
, and then tap on the
System
tab.
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Tap on the
Certificates
icon.
Personal Tab
The
Personal
tab lists the name of the certificate issuer and the expiration date.
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To view additional information about a personal certificate, tap on a certificate in
the list.
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To delete a certificate, tap and hold the stylus on the item you want to delete until a pop-
up menu is displayed. Tap on the
Delete
command.