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VPN Client User Guide for Mac OS X
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Enrolling and Managing Certificates
This chapter describes how to enroll and manage digital certificates for the VPN Client for Mac OS X,
specifically how to perform the following tasks:
• Obtain personal certificates through enrollment with a certificate authority (CA), which is an
organization that issues digital certificates that verify that you are who you say you are.
• Manage certificates and enrollment requests
• Import, export, view, and verify certificates
To get started with certificates, open the Certificates tab on the main VPN Client window in advanced
mode. The Certificates tab lists the certificates you currently have enrolled. If there are no certificates
showing, you need to enroll with a CA or contact your system administrator.
Using the Certificate Store
The VPN Client uses the notion of store to convey a location in your local file system for storing personal
certificates. The main store for the VPN Client is the Cisco store, which contains certificates enrolled
through the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP), and certificates that have been imported
from a file.
The Certificates tab on the main VPN Client window displays the list of certificates in your certificate
store (Figure 6-1).