The MCP Cryptographic Services Manager, which is a component of Security Center, provides the user interface for security administrators to manage keys, certificates, and certificate stores. These key and certificate management functions include the following.
Key Management
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Create public and private key pairs for an MCP application.
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Store the key pair in a key container for retrieval by CryptoProxy.
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Associate an MCP usercode with the key container.
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Delete the key pair and associated certificates.
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Provide backup and restore functions.
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Display the properties of an individual key container.
Certificate Management
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Generate a certificate request to a file.
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Install the certificate and associate the certificate with a key pair.
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Store the certificate in a single certificate store.
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Delete the certificate and certificate stores when the key is deleted.
