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Tech Tip : CA Single Sign-On : What's the purpose of a Certificate Data Store (CDS) ?

  • 1.  Tech Tip : CA Single Sign-On : What's the purpose of a Certificate Data Store (CDS) ?

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jul 14, 2017 05:05 AM

    Question:


    I'd like to know what's the purpose of the CA Certificate Data Store (CDS). Where does it reside in ? Does it held the x.509 certificate information ?

     

    Answer:

     

    The CDS stores the certificates that will be mainly used for :

     

    Sign and Encrypt Assertions

     

    The Certificate Data Store (CDS) is within the Policy Store which one runs on CA Directory or any version of LDAP / ODBC supported as Policy Store.

     

    Here is an overview of the Certificate Data Store (CDS) :

    Key and Certificate Management

     

    Additional Information:

     

    We invite you also to take a look at the other Stores like Key, Session, and other Stores :

    Configure LDAP Directory Server Policy, Session, and Key Stores

     

    KB : TEC1878895