• Clicking on a column header sorts the items in the alphabetical order of the entries in the respective column. Administrators can search for particular client certificates by using filters under the sub-tab:
You can add filters by selecting from the options in the 'Add Filter' drop-down and group the selection with another set of options available from the 'Group by' drop-down.
For example, if you want to filter the certificates with 'Name' and group with 'Organization', select 'Name' from the 'Add Filter' drop-down:
Tip: You can add more than one filter at a time to narrow down the filtering. To remove a filter criteria, click the '-' button to the left if it.
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• Enter part or full name in the Name field.
• Select 'Organization' from the 'Group by' drop-down.
• Click the 'Apply' button.
The filtered items based on the entered parameters will be displayed:
• To remove the filter options, click the 'Clear' button.
Note: The search filters once configured for the interface will be automatically saved. When you are re-opening the 'Client Certificates' interface in future, the configured filters will be in action and only the search results will be displayed. If you do not want the filters to be saved, click the 'Clear' button.
3.2.1.2 'Certs' Dialog
Clicking the 'Certs' button at the top after selecting the check box next to a end-user's name will list all the client certificates belonging to that end-user. Certificates are listed in chronological order (newest first). If a certificate has been revoked, then the date of revocation is displayed in the 'Revoked' column.
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Sorting and Filtering Options
• Clicking on a column header sorts the items in the alphabetical order of the entries in the respective column. Administrators can search for a particular certificate by using filters under the sub-tab:
You can add filters by selecting from the options in the 'Add Filter' drop-down and group the selection with other options that appears depending on the selection from the 'Add Filter' drop-down. The options available are:
• Type - Standard and High - Sorts the results based on the selected parameter. • Serial Number - Sorts the results based on the serial number of the certificate entered • Click the 'Apply' button. The results will displayed based on the filters selected / entered. • To remove the filter options, click the 'Clear' button.
Note: The search filters once configured for the interface will be automatically saved. When you are re-opening the
'Certificates' interface in future, the configured filters will be in action and only the search results will be displayed. If you do not want the filters to be saved, click the 'Clear' button.
Client Certificate 'Cert' Dialog - Table of Parameters
Controls Type Description
View Button Allows administrators to view an end-user's certificate. See Viewing End- User's certificate for more details.
Revoke Button Allows administrators to revoke an end-user's certificate. Once revoked, the date and time of revocation is displayed in this column.
Download Button Allows administrators to download a copy of the end-user's certificate. *
Send Invitation Button Enables the administrator to send an email to the end-user with instructions on how to apply for/collect their client certificate. See 'Request and issuance of 'Client Certificates to Employees and End-Users' for an explanation of the process from this point.
Refresh Button Reloads the list.
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is protected in two ways:
The key pair of each end-user's certificate is encrypted by a master public key. See the 'Encryption and Key Escrow' section for more details;
• Password protected with an administrator set password. The end-user will be asked for this password every time he wish to download a certificate.
Comodo Certificate Manager stores the individual private keys of end-user's client certificates so that they can be retrieved at a later date by the administrator or end-user. Due to the highly sensitive and confidential nature of this feature, all end-users' key pairs are stored in encrypted form so that they cannot be easily stolen or compromised. Each end-user's key pair is encrypted using a 'master' public key that is stored by CCM. In order to decrypt this end-user's key pair the administrator must paste the corresponding 'master' private key into the space provided. Admin can set a password to protect access to private key in .p12 file as well. The Administrator is able to bypass the password but should be aware that not but not all programs will subsequently allow the certificate to be imported if they do so. (PIN may be 7 characters maximum.) The following is a summary of browsers in which it is possible to import .p12 with empty password field.
Browser Windows 7 Vista XP Mac
IE 6 - -
- IE 7 -
- IE 8
- FF 2
FF 3
Opera 9
Opera 10
Netscape9
Safari
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WARNING! If an administrator downloads an end-user's certificate, this certificate will be revoked.