Interchange 5.12 Administrator Guide Save PDF Selected topic Selected topic and subtopics All content Certificate basics A certificate contains the public half of your public-private key pair along with other identifying information about your community and point of contact. You use the public key in your partner's certificate to encrypt a document for transmission over the Internet. Your partner uses the public key in your certificate to verify the digital signature of a document received from you. The following is some basic information about how Interchange uses certificates: A community must have a certificate to exchange secure documents. Interchange can generate the certificate or it can be generated externally. Each partner also must have a certificate. A community or partner can have only one certificate designated as the default encryption or signing certificate. A community or partner can have multiple certificates. The key length for a community certificate does not have to be the same as for a partner’s certificate. Related topics PKI description Why use encryption and digital signatures Interchange encryption method Encryption and signing summary Ensure data integrity and trust SSL authentication Distribute certificates to partners Self-signed or CA certificates When to get certificates Manage expiring certificates Trusted roots Auto import intermediate and root certificates FIPS compliance Related Links
Certificate basics A certificate contains the public half of your public-private key pair along with other identifying information about your community and point of contact. You use the public key in your partner's certificate to encrypt a document for transmission over the Internet. Your partner uses the public key in your certificate to verify the digital signature of a document received from you. The following is some basic information about how Interchange uses certificates: A community must have a certificate to exchange secure documents. Interchange can generate the certificate or it can be generated externally. Each partner also must have a certificate. A community or partner can have only one certificate designated as the default encryption or signing certificate. A community or partner can have multiple certificates. The key length for a community certificate does not have to be the same as for a partner’s certificate. Related topics PKI description Why use encryption and digital signatures Interchange encryption method Encryption and signing summary Ensure data integrity and trust SSL authentication Distribute certificates to partners Self-signed or CA certificates When to get certificates Manage expiring certificates Trusted roots Auto import intermediate and root certificates FIPS compliance