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&copy; Copyright 1999 Netscape Communications Corporation
&copy; Copyright 2000 Netscape Communications Corporation
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<A NAME="master key"></A><A NAME="1032598">
<B>master key.</B>&nbsp;
</A><A NAME="1032639">
A symmetric key used by Personal Security Manager to encrypt information on behalf of other applications. For example, Netscape 6 uses Personal Security Manager and your master key to encrypt email passwords, web site passwords, and other stored identity information. See also <a href="glossary.htm#999604">symmetric encryption</a>.<P>
A symmetric key used by Personal Security Manager to encrypt information on behalf of other applications. For example, Netscape 6 uses Personal Security Manager and your master key to encrypt email passwords, web site passwords, and other stored sensitive information. See also <a href="glossary.htm#999604">symmetric encryption</a>.<P>
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<A NAME="misrepresentation"></A><A NAME="1014057">
<B>misrepresentation.</B>&nbsp;
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<A NAME="PSM Private Keys security device"></A><A NAME="1032045">
<B>PSM Private Keys security device.</B>&nbsp;
</A><A NAME="1032110">
The default <a href="glossary.htm#1028962">security device</a> used by Personal Security Manager to store private keys associated with your certificates. In addition to private keys, the PSM Private Keys security device stores the master key used by Netscape 6 to encrypt email passwords, web site passwords, and other identity information. See also <a href="glossary.htm#1015387">private key</a>, <a href="glossary.htm#1032598">master key</a>.<P>
The default <a href="glossary.htm#1028962">security device</a> used by Personal Security Manager to store private keys associated with your certificates. In addition to private keys, the PSM Private Keys security device stores the master key used by Netscape 6 to encrypt email passwords, web site passwords, and other sensitive information. See also <a href="glossary.htm#1015387">private key</a>, <a href="glossary.htm#1032598">master key</a>.<P>
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<B>public key.</B>&nbsp;

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About Personal Security Manager Help</FONT></h2>
<A NAME="1045557">
The document you are reading contains information about every Personal Security Manager window:</P></A>
<ul><P><A NAME="1045563"><LI>If you have a question about a Personal Security Manager panel that is currently visible, click the Help button near the lower-right corner of the panel. Each Help button brings you straight to the section of this document that describes how to use that panel.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1044577"><LI>If you scroll to the top of this document, you can use the Previous, Next, Glossary, and Topics buttons to navigate to the list of topics and the glossary. <B></B></LI></A><P><A NAME="1044581"><LI>If you want to perform a specific task but aren't sure where to begin, see <a href="help.htm#1043598">What You Can Do with Personal Security Manager</a>.</LI></A></ul><A NAME="1044592">
<ul><P><A NAME="1045563"><LI>If you have a question about a Personal Security Manager panel that is currently visible, click the Help button near the lower-right corner of the panel. Each Help button brings you straight to the section of this document that describes how to use that panel.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1044577"><LI>If you scroll to the top of this document, you can use the Previous, Next, Glossary, and Topics buttons to navigate to the list of topics and the glossary. </LI></A><P><A NAME="1044581"><LI>If you want to perform a specific task but aren't sure where to begin, see <a href="help.htm#1043598">What You Can Do with Personal Security Manager</a>.</LI></A></ul><A NAME="1044592">
Terms in Personal Security Manager panels that are underlined and followed by a blue "i" icon are linked to glossary definitions: just click the term to see the definition. Similarly, you can click underlined terms in this help system to see a glossary definition: for example, <a href="glossary.htm#1018895">certificate</a>. To get back to the help section you were viewing before clicking a glossary definition, press the key equivalent to the Back button in your browser. For example, on Windows and most Unix machines, press and hold the Alt key and press the left arrow key. Some Unix machines use the Diamond key and the left arrow key for this shortcut.</P></A>
<A NAME="What You Can Do with Personal Security Manager"></A><A NAME="1043598">&nbsp</A>
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For many people, the lock icon provides sufficient information about a page's encryption status. If you want additional warnings, you can select one or more of the warning checkboxes in the Navigator section of the Applications tab. Think carefully about whether you want such warnings, since they can be annoying.</P></A>
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These are the choices you can make about Navigator warnings:</P></A>
<ul><P><A NAME="1030851"><LI>If you want to be reminded whenever you are entering or leaving a web site that supports encryption, select one or both of "Entering a site that supports encryption" and "Leaving a site that supports encryption." </LI></A><P><A NAME="1030919"><LI>If you want to be warned when you are viewing pages containing a mix of encrypted and unencrypted material (a situation in which the lock icon is unlocked), select "Viewing a page with an encrypted/unencrypted mix."</LI></A><P><A NAME="1030933"><LI>If you want some assurance that you won't inadvertently send personal information to a web site that doesn't provide an encrypted connection, select "Sending unencrypted information to a site." You may want to select this option even if you don't want any of the others.</LI></A></ul><A NAME="Selection of Certificate"></A><A NAME="1031040">&nbsp</A>
<ul><P><A NAME="1030851"><LI>If you want to be reminded whenever you are entering or leaving a web site that supports encryption, select one or both of "Entering a site that supports encryption" and "Leaving a site that supports encryption." </LI></A><P><A NAME="1030919"><LI>If you want to be warned when you are viewing pages containing a mix of encrypted and unencrypted material (a situation in which the lock icon is unlocked), select "Viewing a page with an encrypted/unencrypted mix."</LI></A><P><A NAME="1030933"><LI>If you want some assurance that you won't inadvertently send sensitive information to a web site that doesn't provide an encrypted connection, select "Sending unencrypted information to a site." You may want to select this option even if you don't want any of the others.</LI></A></ul><A NAME="Selection of Certificate"></A><A NAME="1031040">&nbsp</A>
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Selection of Certificate</FONT></b></p><A NAME="1031021">
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Certificates&#151;Mine</FONT></h2>
<A NAME="1035110">
The Mine panel of the Certificates tab in Personal Security Manager allows you to examine and work with the certificates in your certificate store that identify you, and to set related security passwords. For instructions on how to use this panel, read the sections that follow.</P></A>
<ul><A NAME="1035985"><LI><a href="help.htm#1031427">Work with Certificates that Identify You</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1036010"><LI><a href="help.htm#1051739">Choose a Personal Security Password</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1036019"><LI><a href="help.htm#1031615">Choose a Portable Security Password</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1036930"><LI><a href="help.htm#1036816">Delete My Certificate</a></LI></A><BR></ul><A NAME="1048040">
<ul><A NAME="1035985"><LI><a href="help.htm#1031427">Work with Certificates that Identify You</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1036010"><LI><a href="help.htm#1051739">Choose a Personal Security Password</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1056167"><LI><a href="help.htm#1035146">Choose a Good Password</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1056175"><LI><a href="help.htm#1055908">Set the Frequency of Password Requests</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1056183"><LI><a href="help.htm#1056037">What To Do If You Forget Your Personal Security Password</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1036019"><LI><a href="help.htm#1056221">Choose a Portable Security Password</a></LI></A><BR><A NAME="1036930"><LI><a href="help.htm#1036816">Delete My Certificate</a></LI></A><BR></ul><A NAME="1048040">
For short definitions, click <a href="glossary.htm#1018895">certificate</a>, <a href="glossary.htm#1023462">certificate store</a>, <a href="glossary.htm#1013995">digital signature</a>, <a href="glossary.htm#999078">encryption</a>, or <a href="glossary.htm#1032744">Personal Security Password</a>. For an overview of Personal Security Manager and network security concepts, see <a href="help.htm#1044151">Introduction to Personal Security Manager</a>.</P></A>
<A NAME="Work with Certificates that Identify You"></A><A NAME="1031427">&nbsp</A>
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Choose a Personal Security Password</FONT></b></p><A NAME="1055635">
Your Personal Security Password protects keys associated with your identity, such as the key that protects your stored passwords or a private key associated with a certificate. These keys are stored on a <a href="glossary.htm#1028962">security device</a>, such as the default device maintained internally by Personal Security Manager (called PSM Private Keys security device) or an external <a href="glossary.htm#1027625">smart card</a>. </P></A>
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The Personal Security Password for the default PSM Private Keys security device also protects your master key, which is a special key used by Personal Security Manager to encrypt information on behalf of other applications. For example, Netscape 6 uses Personal Security Manager and your master key to encrypt email passwords, web site passwords, and other stored identity information.</P></A>
The Personal Security Password for the default PSM Private Keys security device also protects your master key, which is a special key used by Personal Security Manager to encrypt information on behalf of other applications. For example, Netscape 6 uses Personal Security Manager and your master key to encrypt email passwords, web site passwords, and other stored sensitive information.</P></A>
<A NAME="1055833">
If someone uses your computer who knows or can guess the personal security password for any security device available to Personal Security Manager, that person can use email or access web sites while pretending to be you. This can be dangerous&#151;for example, if you digitally sign important email messages or manage your financial accounts over the Internet. Therefore, it's important to select a personal security password that is difficult to guess. It's also important to record the password in a safe place&#151;and<I> not </I>anywhere that's easily accessible to someone else. If you forget this password, you may not be able to access important information, such as web sites that require passwords or certificates, or encrypted mail stored on your computer. </P></A>
If someone uses your computer who knows or can guess the Personal Security Password for any security device available to Personal Security Manager, that person may be able to email or access web sites while pretending to be you. This can be dangerous&#151;for example, if you digitally sign important email messages or manage your financial accounts over the Internet. Therefore, it's important to select a Personal Security Password that is difficult to guess. For help creating a password that's hard to guess, see <a href="help.htm#1035146">Choose a Good Password</a>.</P></A>
<A NAME="1056050">
It's also important to record your Personal Security Password in a safe place&#151;and<I> not </I>anywhere that's easily accessible to someone else. If you forget this password, you may not be able to access important information, such as web sites that require passwords or certificates or encrypted mail stored on your computer. For more information about the consequences of losing your Personal Security Password, see <a href="help.htm#1056037">What To Do If You Forget Your Personal Security Password</a>.</P></A>
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For instructions on controlling the frequency with which Personal Security Manager requests your password, see <a href="help.htm#1055908">Set the Frequency of Password Requests</a>.</P></A>
<A NAME="1055927">
Note that each security device requires a separate Personal Security Password. For example, if you are using one or more smart cards to store some of your certificates, you must set a separate Personal Security Password for each one.</P></A>
<A NAME="Choose a Good Password"></A><A NAME="1035146"><FONT FACE="Palatino, Serif" SIZE="-1" COLOR="black"> <B>
Choose a Good Password</B></FONT></A><P><A NAME="1055935">
Note that each security device requires a separate Personal Security Password. For example, if you are using one or more smart cards to store some of your certificates, you must set a separate Personal Security Password for each one. </P></A>
<A NAME="Choose a Good Password"></A><A NAME="1035146">&nbsp</A>
<p><b><FONT Face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
Choose a Good Password</FONT></b></p><A NAME="1055935">
Good passwords have the following characteristics:</P></A>
<ul><A NAME="1035148"><LI>Passwords should be 6 to 14 characters long. (Note: If you're using a Macintosh, you cannot create passwords with more than 8 characters.)</LI></A><BR><A NAME="1035178"><LI>Do not use the "illegal" characters: *, ", or spaces. </LI></A><BR><A NAME="1035151"><LI>Do not use words that are in any dictionary, for any language.</LI></A><BR><A NAME="1035190"><LI>Include characters from as many of these categories as possible:</LI></A><BR><ul>
<A NAME="1035153"><LI>Uppercase letters </LI></A><BR><A NAME="1035154"><LI>Lowercase letters </LI></A><BR><A NAME="1035155"><LI>Numbers </LI></A><BR><A NAME="1055797"><LI>Symbols </LI></A><BR></ul>
</ul><A NAME="Set the Frequency of Password Requests"></A><A NAME="1055908"><FONT FACE="Palatino, Serif" SIZE="-1" COLOR="black"> <B>
Set the Frequency of Password Requests</B></FONT></A><P><A NAME="1055939">
</ul><A NAME="Set the Frequency of Password Requests"></A><A NAME="1055908">&nbsp</A>
<p><b><FONT Face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
Set the Frequency of Password Requests</FONT></b></p><A NAME="1055939">
The Personal Security Password window also allows you to set how often Personal Security Manager requires your Personal Security Password. Here are some things you should consider when selecting these options:</P></A>
<ul><P><A NAME="1035297"><LI><B>First time a certificate or stored identity information is requested.</B> If you work in an office with strong physical security measures or if you feel that the consequences of somebody else using your computer to impersonate you are not extreme, click this radio button. This setting causes Personal Security Manager to request your Personal Security Password only the first time it is required after you launch your browser. Personal Security Manager will not request it again until after you exit and relaunch your browser. This setting provides the lowest level of protection.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1035296"><LI><B>Every time a certificate or stored identity information is requested.</B> If you are very concerned about the possibility that somebody else might be able to use your computer to impersonate you, click this radio button. This setting ensures that Personal Security Manager will never access the private key database without first requesting your Personal Security Password. This setting provides the highest level of protection.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1035375"><LI><B>After </B><I>blank</I><B> minutes of inactivity on an encrypted site.</B> If you are somewhat concerned about the possibility that somebody else might be able to use your computer to impersonate you, but not enough to type in your personal security password at frequent intervals, click this radio button and fill in the box with a value you feel comfortable with (for best protection, this should be a fairly low number of minutes, such as 20). This setting is appropriate if you sometimes send or receive confidential information to or from web sites that support encryption. <B>Note that this setting provides little protection against someone using your computer to send a signed email message in your name. </B></LI></A></ul><A NAME="Choose a Portable Security Password"></A><A NAME="1031615">&nbsp</A>
<ul><P><A NAME="1035297"><LI><B>First time sensitive information (such as your certificate) is requested.</B> If you work in an office with strong physical security measures or if you feel that the consequences of somebody else using your computer to impersonate you are not extreme, click this radio button. This setting causes Personal Security Manager to request your Personal Security Password only the first time it is required after you launch your browser. Personal Security Manager will not request it again until after you exit and relaunch your browser. This setting provides the lowest level of protection.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1035296"><LI><B>Every time sensitive information (such as your certificate) is requested.</B> If you are very concerned about the possibility that somebody else might be able to use your computer to impersonate you, click this radio button. This setting ensures that Personal Security Manager will never access the private key database without first requesting your Personal Security Password. This setting provides the highest level of protection.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1035375"><LI><B>After </B><I>blank</I><B> minutes of inactivity on an encrypted site.</B> If you are somewhat concerned about the possibility that somebody else might be able to use your computer to impersonate you, but not enough to type in your Personal Security Password at frequent intervals, click this radio button and fill in the box with a value you feel comfortable with (for best protection, this should be a fairly low number of minutes, such as 20). This setting is appropriate if you sometimes send or receive confidential information to or from web sites that support encryption. <B>Note that this setting provides little protection against someone using your computer to send a signed email message in your name. </B></LI></A></ul><A NAME="What To Do If You Forget Your Personal Security Password"></A><A NAME="1056037">&nbsp</A>
<p><b><FONT Face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
What To Do If You Forget Your Personal Security Password</FONT></b></p><A NAME="1056045">
The consequences of forgetting your Personal Security Password vary depending on your use of certificates and, if you are using Netscape 6, your use of the Password Manager:</P></A>
<ul><P><A NAME="1056219"><LI>If one or more of your own certificates are stored on a security device protected by a Personal Security Password and you forget the password, you will no longer be able to access those certificates. If you have made backups of your certificates, you can reset the Personal Security Password as described here and restore your backed up certificates. If you haven't backed up your certificates, you need to obtain new ones from the certificate authority that originally issued them. Also, if you haven't backed up your certificates, any stored email that you may have encrypted with the aid of an email certificate will not longer be accessible.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1056240"><LI>If you are using the Netscape 6 Password Manager to store passwords and other sensitive information in encrypted form and you forget the password for the PSM Private Keys security device, you will no longer be able to access that information. You will need to reset the Personal Security Password as described here and reenter all the passwords that the Password Manager was previously storing.</LI></A></ul><A NAME="1056236">
Steps for resetting the Personal Security Password vary depending on which security device is involved. Unless you are using a smart card, the only one available is the PSM Private Keys security device, which is also where the master key used by the Netscape 6 Password Manager is stored</P></A>
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To reset the Personal Security Password for the PSM Private Keys security device, follow these steps:</P></A>
<ol>
<P><a name="1056254"><B><FONT FACE="ARIAL"><LI></FONT></B>Exit the browser (Communicator or Netscape 6).</LI></a><P><a name="1056258"><B><FONT FACE="ARIAL"><LI></FONT></B>Delete your cert7.db and key3.db files. These are typically located in your user profile directory on Windows 95/98/NT (located by default in <FONT FACE="courier, courier new, monospace">C:\\Program Files\Netscape\Users\</FONT>), or in the directory in which the Netscape executable resides on Unix.</LI></a><P><a name="1056278"><B><FONT FACE="ARIAL"><LI></FONT></B>Relaunch the browser.</LI></a><P><a name="1056283"><B><FONT FACE="ARIAL"><LI></FONT></B>Click the lock icon to open Personal Security Manager.</LI></a><P><a name="1056300"><B><FONT FACE="ARIAL"><LI></FONT></B>Click the Certificates tab, then click the Passwords button.</LI></a><P><a name="1056301"><B><FONT FACE="ARIAL"><LI></FONT></B>Before setting your new Personal Security password, determine what the new password will be according to the instructions in <a href="help.htm#1035146">Choose a Good Password</a>. Record your new password in a safe place&#151;and<I> not </I>anywhere that's easily accessible to someone else.</LI></a><P><a name="1056331"><B><FONT FACE="ARIAL"><LI></FONT></B>Set the new Personal Security Password according to the instructions on the screen.</LI></a><P><a name="1056336"><B><FONT FACE="ARIAL"><LI></FONT></B>Click Restore to restore your old certificates (if any). Unless you backed up all your certificates at once, you need to repeat this operation for each certificate.</LI></a><P><a name="1056353"><B><FONT FACE="ARIAL"><LI></FONT></B>If you previously set up the Netscape 6 Password Manager to encrypt stored passwords and other sensitive information, you will need to reenter each of your passwords again as they are requested.</LI></a></ol>
<A NAME="Choose a Portable Security Password"></A><A NAME="1056221">&nbsp</A>
<p><b><FONT Face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
Choose a Portable Security Password</FONT></b></p><A NAME="1031616">
A portable security password protects one or more certificates that you are backing up using the Backup or Backup All button in the Mine section of the Certificates tab. Personal Security Manager asks you to set a portable security password when you back up certificates, and requests it when you attempt to restore certificates that have previously been backed up. </P></A>
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<B>Important:</B> When you click the Backup All button, Personal Security Manager attempts to back up all of your certificates associated private keys stored on the default PSM Private Keys security device. Certificates backed up in this manner cannot be restored unless you are using Comunicator 4.71 or later versions, or unless you are using Communicator 4.7 with Personal Security Manager. </P></A>
<B>Important:</B> When you click the Backup All button, Personal Security Manager attempts to back up all of your certificates associated private keys stored on the default PSM Private Keys security device. Certificates backed up in this manner cannot be restored unless you are using Communicator 4.71 or later versions, or unless you are using Communicator 4.7 with Personal Security Manager. </P></A>
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The Backup All button does<I> not</I> back up any certificates that are stored on security devices other than the default PSM Private Keys device. For example, Backup All will not back up any certificates in the list that are stored on a smart card inserted in a smart card reader attached to your computer. Certificates stored on security devices other than PSM Private Keys must each be backed up individually by selecting the name of the certificate and clicking the Backup button.</P></A>
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If someone obtains the file containing a certificate that you have backed up and successfully restores the certificate, that person can send messages or access web sites while pretending to be you. This can have negative consequences, for example, if you digitally sign important email messages or manage your bank or investment accounts over the Internet. Therefore, it's important to select a Portable Security Password that is difficult to guess. It's also important to record the password in a safe place&#151;and<I> not </I>anywhere that's easily accessible to someone else. If you forget this password, you can't restore the backup of your certificate.</P></A>
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Good passwords have the following characteristics:</P></A>
<ul><A NAME="1035484"><LI>Passwords should be 6 to 14 characters long. (Note: If you're using a Macintosh, you cannot create passwords with more than 8 characters.)</LI></A><BR><A NAME="1035485"><LI>Do not use the "illegal" characters: *, ", or spaces. </LI></A><BR><A NAME="1035486"><LI>Do not use words that are in any dictionary, for any language.</LI></A><BR><A NAME="1035487"><LI>Include characters from as many of these categories as possible:</LI></A><BR><ul>
<A NAME="1035488"><LI>Uppercase letters </LI></A><BR><A NAME="1035489"><LI>Lowercase letters </LI></A><BR><A NAME="1035490"><LI>Numbers </LI></A><BR><A NAME="1035491"><LI>Symbols </LI></A><BR></ul>
</ul><A NAME="Delete My Certificate"></A><A NAME="1036816">&nbsp</A>
For help in choosing a good password, see <a href="help.htm#1035146">Choose a Good Password</a>.</P></A>
<A NAME="Delete My Certificate"></A><A NAME="1036816">&nbsp</A>
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Delete My Certificate</FONT></b></p><A NAME="1047932">
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The View Security Certificate window displays information about the certificate you selected in one of the panels available under the Certificate tab. You can also click View More Info in the top right corner of the window to see a complete text version of the certificate (normally of interest to IS professionals only).</P></A>
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The View Security Certificate window shows the following information about the selected certificate: </P></A>
<ul><P><A NAME="1049028"><LI>Whether the certificate has been verified, and if so for what uses. See <a href="glossary.htm#1025527">certificate verification</a> for a discussion of how Personal Security Manager verifies certificates. Uses can include any of the following: <B></B></LI></A><ul>
<ul><P><A NAME="1049028"><LI>Whether the certificate has been verified, and if so for what uses. See <a href="glossary.htm#1025527">certificate verification</a> for a discussion of how Personal Security Manager verifies certificates. Uses can include any of the following: </LI></A><ul>
<P><A NAME="1037565"><LI><B>SSL Client.</B> Certificate used to identify you to web sites.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037569"><LI><B>SSL Server.</B> Certificate used to identify a web site server to browsers.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037570"><LI><B>Email Signer.</B> Certificate used to identify you for the purposes of digitally signing email messages.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037571"><LI><B>Email Recipient.</B> Certificate used to identify someone else, for example so you can send that person encrypted email.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037572"><LI><B>Status Responder.</B> Certificate used to identify an on-line status responder that uses the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) to check the validity of certificates. For more information about OCSP, see <a href="help.htm#1049128">OCSP Settings</a>.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037574"><LI><B>Certificate Authority.</B> Certificate used to identify a certificate authority&#151;that is, a service that issues certificates for use as identification over computer networks.</LI></A></ul>
<P><A NAME="1037620"><LI><B>Name.</B> The name of the person or other entity that the certificate identifies.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037684"><LI><B>Issued Under.</B> The name of the organization that issued the certificate. You can click this name to view the issuer's certificate (if it is available to Personal Security Manager) in a new View Security Certificate window. By clicking the "Issued Under" name in successive View Security Certificate windows, you can view each certificate in the original certificate's <a href="glossary.htm#1018500">certificate chain</a>.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037628"><LI><B>Serial Number.</B> The certificate's serial number.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037629"><LI><B>Validity.</B> The period of time during which the certificate can be used.</LI></A><P><A NAME="1037642"><LI><B>Fingerprint.</B> A unique number associated with a certificate. The number is produced by applying a mathematical function to the contents of the certificate. A certificate's fingerprint can be used to verify that the certificate has not been tampered with.</LI></A></ul><A NAME="1049045">
For a short definition, click <a href="glossary.htm#1018895">certificate</a>. For an overview of Personal Security Manager and network security concepts, see <a href="help.htm#1044151">Introduction to Personal Security Manager</a>.</P></A>
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Personal Security Manager displays the Request for Signature window right before submitting a form that requires your digital signature. The upper portion of the window displays the exact text that needs to be signed. If you have more than one certificate available, the drop-down menu near the bottom of the window allows you to choose which of your certificates Personal Security Manager should use when it creates the digital signature. Choose the one that is most likely to be recognized by the web site that is requesting the signature. For example, if the web site is run by a brokerage firm that has issued you a certificate, choose that certificate.</P></A>
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When you choose a certificate and click OK, Personal Security Manager sends that certificate along with the digital signature and the signed text. When the server receives the signed data, it uses the public key and other information in the certificate to verify that the signature is valid.</P></A>
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For brief definitions, click <a href="glossary.htm#1018895">certificate</a> or <a href="glossary.htm#1013995">digital signature</a>. For an overview of Personal Security Manager and network security concepts, see <a href="help.htm#1044151">Introduction to Personal Security Manager</a>.</P></A>
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