A digital certificate is an online identification credential, similar to a driver's license or passport. It verifies an individual with a guarantee of identity. Part of a digital certificate is digital signatures. Digital signatures are calculations based on an electronic document using public-key cryptography. Through this process, the digital signature is tied to the document being signed, as well as to the signer, and cannot be reproduced. With the passage of the federal digital signature bill, digitally signed electronic transactions have the same legal weight as transactions signed in ink.
Business Integration Connect uses digital certificates to verify the authenticity of business document transactions between the Community Manager and Participants. They are also used for encryption and decryption. Digital certificates were uploaded and identified during the configuration process.
If no certificates are loaded into the system, the following event codes will be generated every minute:
When certificates are not required by Business Integration Connect, these events may be suppressed by adding the following property to the bcg.properties file for the Document Manager:
bcg.event_log_exclude=240018,240019
Use the following procedure to view a list of the digital certificates that have been defined for the system and to edit them.
Table 5. Digital Certificate Parameters
Parameter | Description |
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Certificate Type
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Type of digital certificate:
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Description
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Text that describes the certificate.
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Status
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Enables or disables the certificate.
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Gateway Type
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Select the type of gateway associated with the certificate.
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If you do not want to use a digital certificate, use the following procedure to disable it.