Authenticating Update Center downloads


When you download modules through the Update Center, the IDE authenticates the module by checking its digital signature to make sure that it matches with a certificate in the IDE's key store.

The certificate for all Forte for Java modules originating from Sun Microsystems is in the IDE's key store, so all modules from Sun that arrive uncorrupted are trusted. If the module originates from another source, it will either have a different certificate or no certificate at all.

If a module is not trusted, you can choose Trust For Module (to install that module only), Trust For Now (to install all modules with that certificate in the current download), or Trust Forever (to enter the certificate into the IDE's key store so that all current and future modules with that certificate will be automatically trusted).

If you reject a certificate, the module will not be installed. Likewise, you can choose Reject For Now (to reject all modules with that certificate in the current download), or Reject Forever (to remove the certificate from the IDE's key store). After rejecting a certificate, you can later accept it.


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