Adding a Notes® cross-certificate for IDs by Notes® mail
If you can route mail to the organization that will cross-certify a user, server, or certifier ID, you can use IBM® Notes® mail to add a Notes® cross-certificate. For cross-certification to work, these steps must be carried out twice, with each organization alternately requesting cross-certification. You cannot use these procedures to create an Internet cross-certificate.
To send an ID for cross-certification
Procedure
- Choose , select the ID, and enter the password.
- Click , and then click Other Actions. Select Mail, Copy Certificate (Public Key).
- Select the user, server, or certifier ID you want to have cross-certified, and then click OK.
- Enter the password (if required).
- Address the cross-certification request to the certification administrator at the other organization, and then click Send.
To cross-certify the ID
Procedure
- Open the cross-certification request in your mail file.
- Choose .
- Select the certifier that will issue the cross-certificate. If you choose a non-CA enabled certifier, enter the password for that certifier ID, and then click OK.
- Complete one or more of these fields:
Table 1. Cross-certification Fields Field
Enter
Subject name
Organization or organizational unit certifier to be cross-certified, for example, /Renovations.
Subject alternate name list
An alternate name for the subject of the certificate. Alternate names allow you to assign names that are recognizable in a user's native language to an ID file.
Expiration date
Date when the cross-certificate expires.
Certifier
File name of your organization's certifier ID.
Server
Location of the IBM® Domino® Directory where you want to copy the cross-certificate.
- Click Cross Certify. Domino® places the cross-certificate in the view of the Domino® Directory of the server you specified in Step 5.