SECURING YOUR DATA

Finding Notes and Internet certificates you trust
You can check your Contacts and the IBMR LotusR DominoR Directory for all certificates belonging to a specific person. For example, you may want to send encrypted mail to a colleague in your company. To successfully send encrypted mail, IBM Lotus NotesR must be able to find your colleague's certificate. If you are not sure Lotus NotesR can find your colleague's certificate or whether you trust that person's certificate, you can check for certificates belonging to your colleague.

To find a person's certificate using their name

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

2. Click Identity of Others > People, Services.

3. Select "Research name in directory and in your address book," and do one of the following:

Name entry options
NameDescription of name
Joe Smith/ACMENotes user name
    • Smith
    • smith
Last name
JoeFirst name--finds all Joes in the Domino Directory
jsmithNotes short name
CN=Joe Smith/O=ACMENotes certificate distinguished name
Joe_Smith@ACME.comInternet e-mail address
EMAIL=Joe_Smith@ACME.com/CN=Joe Smith/O=ACMEInternet certificate distinguished name
ABCWritersNotes group name
4. Click the "Research name" button. Notes displays all certificates belonging to the person you are researching. If you trust a particular certificate (usually this means you have a corresponding cross certificate in your Contacts), the certificate has a check mark next to it under the Trust column.

5. For more details on viewing specific information for any certificate listed in the "Identity of People and Services" dialog box, or for establishing trust for a certificate, see Certificates for people or services.

To find certificates in your Contacts

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

2. Click Identity of Others > People, Services.

3. Select "Show all in your address book." Lotus Notes displays all certificates found in your address book for people and services. If you trust a particular certificate (usually this means you have a corresponding cross certificate in your Contacts), the certificate has a check mark next to it under the Trust column.

4. For more details on viewing specific information for any certificate listed in the "Identity of People and Services" dialog box, see Certificates for people or services.

To download default trusted certificates from your administrator

You can download trust decisions found in the Domino Directory, but only those trust decisions made by your administrator. These trust decisions are implemented as cross certificates in your Contacts.

CAUTION: Trust information in your Contacts might be overwritten by these administrative trust decisions.

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

2. Identity of Others > People, Services.

3. Select "Find more about people/services."

4. Click the "Download administrative trust defaults" button.

To search other address books for trust decisions

If Lotus Notes can't find the certificates you need, you can browse other address books by selecting the specific address book from a list.

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

2. Identity of Others > People, Services.

3. Select "Find more about people/services."

4. Click the person icon near the top of the dialog box.

Related topics
Accessing servers using certificates
Sending and receiving Notes certificates to establish trust
To retrieve an Internet cross certificate