AddingUMIACSCertificateAuthority

Introduction

When you visit some webpages encrypted with SSL (e.g. Barracude Spam Firewall page), you may be presented with a warning about a site's security certificate not being trusted. These are normally important screens to pay attention to, but UMIACS goes to great lengths to maintain a secure environment to our users. As such, we provide a UMIACS CA (certificate authority) that enables your web browser to trust our secure webpages. The following steps explain how to import this certificate.

Accepting UMIACS SSL Certificate Authority in Windows

Depending on the web browser you use, there are two main ways to import the UMIACS Certificate Authority in Windows. This process is the same in both Windows XP and Windows 7.

Internet Explorer and Google Chrome

• Visit http://intranet.umiacs.umd.edu
• Scroll to the bottom and click "UMIACS CA Root Certificate (CRT - Most Browsers)". Download and open this file
  
• Click "Install Certificate..." towards the bottom of the dialog box
  
• Click Next
• Choose "Place all certificates in the following store"
• Choose "Trusted Root Certification Authorities" and click ok
  
• Click next and then finished. You should receive a success message.

Firefox

• Visit http://intranet.umiacs.umd.edu
• Scroll to the bottom and click "UMIACS CA Root Certificate (CRT - Most Browsers)".
  
  Firefox should open a "Downloading Certificate" dialog box automatically
  
• Check all three boxes indicating that you fully trust this Certificate Authority
• Click ok.

Accepting UMIACS SSL Certificate Authority in Linux

Due to the differences between Windows and Linux, accepting the root certificate at the operating system level is nontrivial. If you are using the Firefox browser, follow the instructions above for Firefox in Windows. If you need assistance accepting the certificate for any other browser, please contact UMIACS Staff.