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3. Common actions

Many actions are common to all crypto parts and are mentioned here once for all. The goal of this application is to provide an easy to use signing-tool and also a common place for all selected PKI items like requests or Certificates.

3.1 Importing items

The import of an item can be done by either clicking the import button on the right or via the context menu available by right clicking on the list background. The import function is smart enough to probe all known formats as there are:

After selecting the filename XCA will probe for the known formats of that item and in case of an error it prompts the last OpenSSL error message. It is possible to select more than one file by selecting them with SHIFT click.

When importing more than one Key, CRL, Certificate or Request all items are shown in a Multi-Import dialog. When importing a PKCS#7 or PKCS#12 item, the contained Keys and Certificates are shown in the import dialog. By using the import dialog the items can be examined, imported or dropped.

After reading the item it searches for this item in the database and if it is unique the item is stored in the database, otherwise it shows a message containing the internal name of this item in the database.

3.2 Details of an item

The details dialog can be accessed by double clicking the item, by the context menu or by the button on the right. The names of the issuers certificate and the corresponding key are "clickable" and their content will be shown on "double-click"

3.3 Renaming an item

An Item can be renamed via the context menu by right-clicking on the item or by the Rename button on the right border. If the new name of the item already exists in the database a _01 will be appended to keep the internal name unique.

3.4 Deleting Items

Items can be deleted by the button on the right or via the context menu. If a certificate signed by this application is going to be removed the application will warn you once more, because you can not revoke a deleted certificate. Thus only delete a certificate signed by you if you never exported it. Certificate signing requests can be deleted when they got signed, because they are not needed anymore. The request can be recovered from the resulting certificate by exporting the certificate to a request. This is however only possible if you own the private key of the certificate.


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