Certificate Utility › Sample Output “Signed by:” Field Definition

Sample Output “Signed by:” Field Definition

Each certificate record displayed in both the summary and detail reports includes a field to display the record ID of the CA Top Secret defined certificate used to sign the current certificate. This field is preceded by the “Signed by:” constant. Based on the results of the search performed by the utility, this field contains one of three possible values:

• The actual name of the signing certificate if found in the security file.
• “None – Self-signed”. There is no signing certificate because the current certificate is self-signed.
• “None – No Record Found”. The current certificate is signed by another certificate, but the signing certificate could not be found in the security file. This can happen when the certificate was signed by an external certificate authority (CA) before it was added to CA Top Secret, or if the signing certificate has been deleted from the security file.