1.7. Certificates and smart card authentication

If you use Identity Management (IdM) or Active Directory (AD) to manage identity stores, authentication, policies, and authorization policies in your domain, the certificates used for authentication are generated by IdM or AD, respectively. You can also use certificates provided by an external certificate authority and in this case you must configure Active Directory or IdM to accept certificates from the external provider. If the user is not part of a domain, you can use a certificate generated by a local certificate authority. For details, refer to the following sections:

For a full list of certificates eligible for smart card authentication, see Certificates eligible for smart cards.