Trusted Authorities

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The Trusted Authorities tab stores a list of certificate names that are recognized by the host you identify in the Certificate Store box (In WS_FTP Pro, the Certificate Store box does not appear). If you use the Certificates are requested and verified upon connection option found on the SSL Option tab, any user that tries to make an SSL connection must have their certificate signed by a certificate that has been added to this host's database, or have the certificate itself in the database.

Certificate Display

Issued To. Who the certificate was issued to.

Issued By. Who the certificate was signed by.

Expires. Date on which the certificate expires.

Adding a Certificate

To add a certificate to the database:

1. Click the Import button and select the path and file name for the certificate. The Add Certificate? dialog box appears.

2. Review the information and click Yes to add the certificate to the database.

Exporting a Certificate

To export a certificate from the Trusted Authorities database:

1. Select the certificate you want to copy out of your database.
2. Click the Export button.
3. Select the folder you want to copy the certificate to and enter the name you want to save the certificate file as.
4. Click OK.

Removing a Certificate

To remove a certificate:

1. Select the certificate to be removed.
2. Click Remove.
3. A warning appears advising you to export the certificate before you remove it. Removing the certificate deletes the certificate file.
4. Click OK to remove the certificate.

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