McAfee EBCACE-AA-HA Product Guide - Page 21

Working with E-Business Client Administration Validating keys in E-Business Client Administration To validate keys, you need to be able to verbally compare the word list of the corresponding key with the client. 1 Start E-Business Client Administration. For detailed steps, see Starting E-Business Client Administration on page 17. 2 Select Validate a Partner Key, then click Next. 3 In the Validate Key dialog box, select the desired key (.ASC) file. w Partner Public Key - Type the path of the desired key (.ASC) file. You can also click Browse to select the file. 4 Validate the word list that appears in Key Fingerprint with the word list that appears in User Key Fingerprint in E-Business Client. If these word lists match, it is reasonable to assume that the key is valid and wasn't tampered with in-transit. For detailed steps on viewing the word list in E-Business Client, see Validating keys in E-Business Client on page 27. w User ID - Displays the information you requested from clients using the Client Key Identity Prompt. w Key Fingerprint - Displays the authentication word list that corresponds to the selected client key. 5 Click Finish when done. 6 Once you've validated a key, import it into the E-Business Server keyring. For more information on how to import keys, see the E-Business Server Product Guide. Product Guide 21