Federation Security Services Guide › Deploying Federation without the FSS Sample Application › Add Functionality to the Federation Deployment › Encrypt and Decrypt the Assertion › Add a Public Key to Smkeydatabase at the IdP

Add a Public Key to Smkeydatabase at the IdP

In this deployment, sp_encrypt.crt is the public key.

To add the public key to the IdP smkeydatabase

1. Open a command window.
2. Add the public key to the smkeydatabase by entering:

   smkeytool -addCert -alias idp1 -infile "c:\program files\ca\siteminder\certs\sp-encrypt.crt"

3. Restart the Policy Server to see the smkeydatabase changes immediately.