Review this information to learn how to obtain a copy of the private CA certificate and install it on your PC so that you can authenticate any server certificates that the CA issues.
When you access a server that uses a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection, the server presents a certificate to your client software as proof of its identity. Your client software must then validate the server's certificate before the server can establish the session. To validate the server certificate, your client software must have access to a locally stored copy of the certificate for the Certificate Authority (CA) that issued the server certificate. If the server presents a certificate from a public Internet CA, your browser or other client software might already have a copy of the CA certificate. If, however, the server presents a certificate from a private Local CA, you must use Digital Certificate Manager (DCM) to obtain a copy of the Local CA certificate.
You can use DCM to download the Local CA certificate directly into your browser, or you can copy the Local CA certificate into a file so that other client software can access and use it. If you use both your browser and other applications for secure communications, you may need to use both methods to install the Local CA certificate. If using both methods, install the certificate in your browser before you copy and paste it into a file.
If the server application requires that you authenticate yourself by presenting a certificate from the Local CA, you must download the Local CA certificate into your browser before requesting a user certificate from the Local CA.
To use DCM to obtain a copy of a Local CA certificate, complete these steps: