About Certificates

Certificates enable secure communication between the Integration Appliance and endpoints located in your intranet and extranet. Use the Management Console to manage certificates.

From the Certificates page, you can generate, import, and update security certificates and security settings.

The following tables provides definitions for certificate terminology.

Certificate Terminology Definition
Alias A string of alphanumeric characters you assign to a KeyStore or TrustStore entry to provide a more user friendly name. Within a KeyStore or TrustStore you can use an alias to refer to the keys and certificates.
Note: Aliases are not case sensitive. For example, MyCert and mycert refer to the same entry.
Certificate A signed credential which identifies an endpoint or organization.
Key Pair A public key and associated private key.
KeyStore A Java™ data store that houses private keys and certificates used by a Java SSL endpoint. For example, a local Java endpoint supplies a certificate from its KeyStore as a credential to identify itself to a remote SSL endpoint.
PKI Public Key Infrastructure is a system for managing encryption keys and identity information. The purpose of the system is to provide standards based system for protecting/securing communications over the internet.
Private Key A key known only to a single endpoint used to encrypt and/or sign data.
Public Key A key associated with a private key that can be distributed to anyone.
SSL Secure Sockets Layer enables secure web communications and permits endpoints to optionally authenticate each other.
TrustStore A Java data store that houses certificate authority signed certificates. For example, a local Java endpoint utilizes a TrustStore to authenticate the identity (certificate) provided to it by a remote SSL endpoint.



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