An authority is a person who is able to issue signed commands to the crypto module. For each of the currently defined authorities, this container lists the name, index and other authority information.
When you right-click in the Authorities container, you can:
- Create Authority: Upload the public part of the authority signature key and the authority information for the selected crypto module or group of crypto modules.
- Change Authority: Display and edit the authority-related information for the selected crypto module or group of crypto modules.
- Delete Authority: Delete the authority-related information for the selected crypto module or group of crypto modules.
- Generate Signature Key: Generate a signature key for an authority and save it on a selected medium together with authority-related information (name, telephone number et cetera).
Figure 1. Authorities Page