Trusted Certificate Store on iOS 10 iPhone

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∟Trusted Certificate Store on iOS 10 iPhone

This section provides a tutorial example on how to locate and view the trusted root certificate store in iOS 10 on iPhone: Settings > General > About > Certificate Trust Settings.

When your iPhone is connected to the Internet, many apps will use the PKI technology to authenticate service providers and encrypt data exchanged between your iPhone and the providers.

An important component of the PKI technology is the trusted certificate store where Root CA certificates are maintained.

Here is how you can find the location of the trusted certificate store on your iPhone running iOS 10.

1. Tap on "Settings > General > About > Certificate Trust Settings". The trusted certificate store information is displayed. For example:

Trust Store Version   2006102100

Learn more about trusted certificates

2. Tap on "Learn more about trusted certificates". List of available trusted root certificates is displayed with some current alert message.

3. Scroll down to see the list of iOS Trust Stores.

4. Tap on "List of available trusted root certificates in iOS 10". A list of root certificates is displayed with some explanations.

5. Scroll down to review each root certificate.

6. Note that the trusted root certificate store on iOS 10 is read-only. You can not add or remove any certificates.

Trusted Root Certificate Store on iOS 10 iPhone

Table of Contents

About This Book

Introduction of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)

Introduction of HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

Using HTTPS with Google Chrome

Using HTTPS with Mozilla Firefox

HTTPS with Microsoft Edge

Using HTTPS with Apple Safari

HTTPS with IE (Internet Explorer)

Android and Server Certificate

►iPhone and Server Certificate

Visiting "https" Website with Safari on iOS 10 iPhone

"Cannot Verify Server Identity" with Safari on iOS 10

Visiting "https" Website with Chrome on iOS 10 iPhone

"Your connection is not private" with Chrome on iOS 10

Installing Website Server Certificate on iOS 10 iPhone

►Trusted Certificate Store on iOS 10 iPhone

Install Trusted Root Certificate on iOS 10 iPhone

View Certificate Profile on iOS 10 iPhone

Enable Full Trust for Root Certificate on iOS 10 iPhone

Windows Certificate Stores and Console

RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and Server Certificate

macOS Certificate Stores and Keychain Access

Perl Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

PHP Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

Java Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

.NET Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

CAcert.org - Root CA Offering Free Certificates

PKI CA Administration - Issuing Certificates

Comodo Free Personal Certificate

Digital Signature - Microsoft Word

Digital Signature - OpenOffice.org 3

S/MIME and Email Security

PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Terminology

Archived Tutorials

References

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