services:certificates:obtain
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This process will create a personal certificate which is valid even outside of the FU. The reason why this works is that the FU-CA will sign your certificate with their own certificate, | This process will create a personal certificate which is valid even outside of the FU. The reason why this works is that the FU-CA will sign your certificate with their own certificate, | ||
- | ===== Creation of a key-pair ===== | + | ===== Creation of a key-pair |
We will do this in the Mozilla Firefox browser since it is available on all operating systems and it's easy to find the created key-pair later on, since it stays in the browser. Please note that for the whole process you need to use the exact same computer and browser. So don't start this at work and try to finish it at home. | We will do this in the Mozilla Firefox browser since it is available on all operating systems and it's easy to find the created key-pair later on, since it stays in the browser. Please note that for the whole process you need to use the exact same computer and browser. So don't start this at work and try to finish it at home. | ||
- | Start Firefox and visit the [[https:// | + | Start Firefox and visit the [[https:// |
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- | While the first checkbox is mandatory, the second is optional. If you select the second checkbox your certificate will be published by the DFN website, e.g. it will be found using the **Zertifikat suchen** function. If you want to enable other users to send you encrypted email, you probably should enable publishing | + | While the first checkbox is mandatory, the second is optional. If you select the second checkbox your certificate will be published by the DFN website, e.g. it will be found using the **Zertifikat suchen** function. If you want to enable other users to send you encrypted email, you probably should enable publishing |
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+ | It makes sense to give that file a name that refers to the certificate inside, for example use the serial number as stated in the email message (7508596253892957 in this case). The .p12 file itself is encrypted and can not be read easily. | ||
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+ | Next we'll see how to [[services: |
services/certificates/obtain.1452118090.txt.gz · Last modified: 2016/01/06 22:08 by dreger