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<h1 class="topictitle1">Digital Certificate Manager</h1>
<div><p>A digital certificate is an electronic credential that you can use to establish
proof of identity in an electronic transaction. There are an increasing number
of uses for digital certificates to provide enhanced network security measures.
For example, digital certificates are essential to configuring and using the <a href="../rzain/rzainoverview.htm"> Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL)</a>. Using SSL allows you to create secure connections between
users and server applications across an untrusted network, such as the Internet.
SSL provides one of the best solutions for protecting the privacy of sensitive
data, such as user names and passwords, over the Internet. Many <span class="keyword">iSeries™</span> services
and applications, such as FTP, Telnet, HTTP Server provide SSL support to
ensure data privacy.</p>
<p><span class="keyword">iSeries</span> provides extensive
digital certificate support that allows you to use digital certificates as
credentials in a number of security applications. In addition to using certificates
to configure SSL, you can use them as credentials for client authentication
in both SSL and virtual private network (VPN) transactions. Also, you can
use digital certificates and their associated security keys to <a href="../rzalz/rzalzosintro.htm">sign objects</a>. Signing
objects allows you to detect changes or possible tampering to object contents
by verifying signatures on the objects to ensure their integrity.</p>
<p>Capitalizing on the <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> support
for certificates is easy when you use Digital Certificate Manager (DCM), a
free feature, to centrally manage certificates for your applications. DCM
allows you to manage certificates that you obtain from any Certificate Authority
(CA). Also, you can use DCM to create and operate your own Local CA to issue
private certificates to applications and users in your organization. </p>
<p>Proper planning and evaluation are the keys to using certificates effectively
for their added security benefits. You might review these topics to learn
more about how certificates work and how you can use DCM to manage them and
the applications that use them:</p>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahuwhatsnew.htm">What's new for V5R4</a></strong><br />
This information describes what information is new or significantly changed in this release.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahurzahupntprint.htm">Printable PDF</a></strong><br />
Use this page to learn how to print the entire topic as a PDF file.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahurzahu4abunderstanddc.htm">DCM concepts</a></strong><br />
View this information to better understand what digital certificates are and how they work. Learn about the different types of certificates and how you can use them as part of your security policy.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahudcmscenariosoverview.htm">DCM scenarios</a></strong><br />
Use this information to review two scenarios that illustrate typical
certificate implementation schemes to help you plan your own certificate implementation
as part of your <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> security
policy. Each scenario also provides all needed configuration tasks you must
perform to employ the scenario as described.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahurzahu4aagetstarteddcm.htm">Plan for DCM</a></strong><br />
Use this information to help you decide how and when you might use digital certificates to meet your security goals. Use this information to learn about any prerequisites you need to install, as well as other requirements that you must consider before using DCM.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahurzahu401usingdcm.htm">Configure DCM</a></strong><br />
Use this information to learn how to configure everything you need to ensure that you can use DCM to manage your certificates and their keys.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahurzahumanagedcm.htm">Manage DCM</a></strong><br />
Use this information to learn how to use DCM to manage your certificates and the applications that use them. Also, you can learn about how to digitally sign objects and how to create and operate your own Certificate Authority.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahurzahu666dcmtroubleshooting.htm">Troubleshoot DCM</a></strong><br />
Review this information to learn how to resolve some of the more common errors that you may experience when using DCM.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahunfootherinfo.htm">Related information for DCM</a></strong><br />
Review this page to find links to other resources for learning more about digital certificates, public key infrastructure, Digital Certificate Manager, and other related information.</li>
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