RIT Certificate Authority - IE (Windows)
What is a Certificate Authority?
A Certificate Authority is a service that issues the certificates needed
to run a public
key infrastructure. The CA could be an external commercial CA, or it could
be a CA run by
your company. The certificates enable a user to log on using a smart card,
send encrypted
e-mail, code-sign documents, and more. Since a CA is an important trust
point in an
organization, most organizations will have their own CA.
Installing the Certificate
- Open an Internet Explorer browser window
- On the menu bar, select File | Open…
- Type http://www.rit.edu/cgi-bin/loadcert.cgi in the text field box. Click Open.
- Press Save when the "File Download" window appears.
- Press on the Desktop button on the side and then press Save.
- Locate the "loadcert.cer" file on your desktop and double click on it.
- Click Install Certificate....
- The "Certificate Import Wizard" will appear. Click Next.
- Select Place all certificates in the following store radio button, then click Browse.
- Select "Trusted Root Certification Authorities" and click OK
- The previous window will appear and the "Certificate store:" field will be filled in with the above selection. Click Next.
- When the "Certificate Import Wizard" appears indicating that you have successfully completed the import, click Finish.
- A "Root Certificate Store" dialog window will appear. Click Yes.
- Another "Certificate Import Wizard" dialog window will appear. Click OK.
- When complete, click OK to close the "Certificate" dialog window.
