The Security Preference Page contains a list of all trusted or untrusted certificates. Furthermore, it provides functionalities for managing this list.
The following screenshot shows the Security Preference Page containing a standard set of trusted CA certificates.
The certificates are displayed in a table with three columns. The first column is used to group the certificates and displays the Common Name (CN) of each certificate, the second column shows the trust state for each certificate and the third column shows the date until the certificate is valid.
Each certificate can have one of three trust states, i.e.
Untrusted -
These certificates are assumed to be untrusted. Whenever the certificate management
is asked to trust such a certificate or certificates signed by such a certificate
the trust is rejected. Untrusted certificates have priority over trusted certificates.
Untrusted certificates are not stored across sessions.
Trusted -
These certificates or certificates signed by such a certificate are assumed to
be trusted. Trusted certificates are not stored across sessions. So
when restarting g-Eclipse the trusted certificates will not be available any more.
Always Trusted -
These certificates or certificates signed by such a certificate are assumed to
be always trusted. Such certificates are stored across sessions.
As stated before, the certificates can be grouped in the certificate table or can be shown as a plain list. If they are grouped, you can choose the criteria for grouping the certificates. All this can be done from the pop-up menu in the upper right corner just above the certificate table. This pop-up menu has two sub-menus that are explained as follows:
The Security Preference Page offers various operations to be performed on the certificates. These operations are accessible via the buttons on the right-hand side of the certificate table: