Security

You can use certification authorities and Authenticode™ to help manage security.

You can use certification authorities to control the sites where users can download certain content, such as ActiveX controls and Java applets. Site authorities are a form of digital certificate for an Internet site. Using Authenticode technology, they show where programs come from and verify that they haven't been altered.

For Windows 3.x, you can import and install up to 20 certification authorities. If you have more than 20 certification authorities on your computer, you'll need to identify the 20 certificates you plan to install, and then delete the rest while you prepare the IEAK build.

You can import these settings from your computer. If you want to modify the settings that you will apply to your users' computers, click Import current certification authorities, and then click Modify Settings.

You can then use Certificate Manager to view and manage your certification authorities information. Certificates can apply to network server authentication, network client authentication, secure e-mail authentication, and software publishing.

You can use Authenticode to designate software publishers and credentials agencies as trustworthy. You can also import these settings from your computer. If you want to modify the settings that you will apply to your users' computers, click Import current Authenticode security information, and then click Modify Settings.