SECURING YOUR DATA

Publishing your Notes certificate for others to access
You may want to publish your certificate containing your public key so others can use it to encrypt data being sent to you. The certificate can be published in the IBM Lotus Domino Directory or sent to an individual, so that person can publish it in their Contacts. How to publish your public key depends on whether or not you are an IBM Lotus Notes mail user.

To mail your certificate

If you are a Notes mail user, and you want to publish the certificate containing your public key to the Domino Directory, you can mail the certificate to your administrator to publish it for you. For instance, you may mail your certificate to the administrator for another Notes domain so that your certificate can be made available in that domain's directory. You can also mail it to an individual directly.

1. Click File > Security > User Security (Macintosh OS X users: Lotus Notes > Security > User Security).

2. Click Your Identity > Your Certificates.

3. Click Other Actions > Mail, Copy Certificate (Public Key) on the right side of the dialog box.

4. Click the "Mail Certificate" button.

5. Enter the name of the Domino administrator(s) or individual in the To field (click Address to choose from your Contacts).

6. (Optional) Select Sign and Encrypt to protect the mail message containing your public key.

7. Click Send.

To copy your certificate to removable media

If you are not a Notes mail user, and you want to publish the certificate containing your public key to the Domino Directory, you can copy the certificate to removable media and give it to your administrator to publish. You can also give the removable media to an individual directly.

1. Insert removable media into your workstation.

2. Click File > Security > User Security (Macintosh OS X users: Lotus Notes > Security > User Security).

3. Click Your Identity > Your Certificates.

4. Click Other Actions > Mail, Copy Certificate on the right side of the dialog box.

5. Click the "Copy Certificate" button to copy the key to your operating system's clipboard.

6. Click OK.

7. Display the contents of your clipboard.

8. Save the certificate to a file on your removable media.

9. Deliver the removable media to your Domino administrator(s) or to an individual who needs your certificate.

Related topics
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Accessing servers using certificates
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