Creating Self-Signed Certificates

To add an existing self-signed Digital ID

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  1. Select Security > IDs and Certificates > Manage Digital IDs.

  2. Click Add ID in the Digital ID Settings dialog box.

  3. In the Add Digital ID dialog box, select the Find an existing Digital ID option and choose 'from file' or 'a device connected to the computer'. This lets you, for instance, access a digital ID file on a USB device. Click Next.

  4. In the Save As dialog box, specify a location and a name for your Digital ID file and click Save.

To create a self-signed Digital ID

  1. Select Security > IDs and Certificates > Manage Digital IDs.

  2. Click Add ID in the Digital ID Settings dialog box.

  3. In the Add Digital ID dialog box, select the Create a Self-Signed Digital ID option and click Next.

  4. Select New Digital ID File and click Next.

  5. In the Create a Self-Signed Digital ID dialog box, type in at least your name and select a country as a User Attribute.

  6. Type in a password (at least 6 characters), confirm it, and then click OK.

  7. In the Save As dialog box, specify a location and a name for your Digital ID file and click Save.

The newly created self-signed certificate will be added to the Digital ID Files list.

 

See Sharing Security Certificates on how to use created certificates.

 

Certificates can be self-signed or created through a Certification Authority (CA). If you lose or delete a self-signed Digital ID, you will no longer be able to open files protected by it. If your Digital ID was created through a CA, you can retrieve the ID from them.

The program allows you to download multiple security certificates from the Windows Certificate store.