SECURING YOUR DATA


Certificates for people or services
You can view all of the IBM® Lotus® Notes® and Internet certificates that you trust and don't trust for specific people or services by choosing File > Security > User Security (Macintosh OS X users: Notes > Security > User Security), and then clicking Identity of Others > People, Services. When you trust a certificate, it usually means you have a cross certificate for it in your Contacts.

See Finding Notes and Internet certificates you trust for information about how to find out what trust decisions you have listed in your Contacts.

In the "Identity of People and Services" dialog box, choose any of the following certificate views from the Certificates drop-down list. If "Research name in directory and in your address book" is selected at the top of the dialog box, you are viewing certificates found in your Contacts or the IBM® Lotus® Domino™ Directory. If "Show all in your address book" is selected at the top of the dialog box, you are viewing certificates only found in your Contacts.
Types of certificates to viewExplanation of view type
All (default)All Notes and Internet certificates.
Trusted Notes
  • Notes certificates issued by your Notes certificate authority, which you automatically trust.
  • Notes certificates that you trust because you have a valid cross certificate (in some cases, you may not be storing the Notes certificate in your Personal Address Book for which you have a valid cross certificate).
  • Notes flat certificates that you trust because they are issued by a trusted flat certificate authority. This applies only if you have your own flat certificate in your User ID.
Trusted InternetInternet certificates that you trust because you have a valid cross certificate (in some cases, you may not be storing the Internet certificate in your Personal Address Book for which you have a valid cross certificate).
All NotesAll trusted Notes certificates and Notes certificates that are not trusted because there are no corresponding cross certificates.
All InternetAll trusted Internet certificates and Internet certificates that are not trusted because there are no corresponding Internet cross certificates.

Trust for a certificate

For any certificate listed, you may see any of the following under the Trust column:


Note You can set trust for an untrusted certificate. You have the option to trust only the certificate of the person or service, or to trust the certificate authority (CA) certificate. The option to trust a CA certificate is only offered if Lotus Notes can find the CA certificate. Sometimes a certificate is listed as trusted because you already trust the CA that issued the certificate. You can find out specific cross certificate information about a certificate by selecting the certificate and clicking the "Trust Details" button. To learn more about trusting CA certificates, see Certificate authorities and the certificates they issue.

Limitations for a certificate

For any certificate listed, you may see any of the following under the Limitations column:


Advanced options and deleting certificates

For more details about individual certificates, select the certificate and click the "Certificate Details" button.

For more information about the specific trust you have for individual certificates, select the certificate and click the "Trust Details" button.

To delete trusted certificates for people and services specifically listed in your Contacts, open your Contacts, click Advanced > Certificates, select a certificate to delete and click the "Delete Certifier" action button in the action bar. This action deletes the selected certificate and the cross certificate associated with it. If the cross certificate is trusting a certificate authority (CA), you are deleting your trust to that certificate authority as well. You may not be able to delete a certificate if your administrator is controlling the trust.

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