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When you visit some webpages encrypted with SSL, you may be presented with a warning about the 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 for our users. 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.
When you visit some webpages encrypted with SSL, you may be presented with a warning about the 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 for our users. 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 Certificate Authority in Windows==
===Internet Explorer and Google Chrome (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
* Visit http://intranet.umiacs.umd.edu
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* Click next and then finished. You should receive a success message similar to the following:<br />[[Image:UMIACSCA_IE_4.png|200px]]
* Click next and then finished. You should receive a success message similar to the following:<br />[[Image:UMIACSCA_IE_4.png|200px]]


====Firefox====
===Firefox (cross-platform)===


* Visit http://intranet.umiacs.umd.edu
* Visit http://intranet.umiacs.umd.edu
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* Click ok.
* Click ok.


==Accepting UMIACS Certificate Authority in Mac OSX==
===Safari (Mac OSX)===
 
====Safari====


* Visit http://intranet.umiacs.umd.edu
* Visit http://intranet.umiacs.umd.edu
* Scroll to the bottom and click "UMIACS CA Root Certificate (CRT - Most Browsers)". Download and open this file by double-clicking it<br />[[Image:UMIACSCA_IE_1.png|border]]
* Scroll to the bottom and click "UMIACS CA Root Certificate (CRT - Most Browsers)". Download and open this file by double-clicking it<br />[[Image:UMIACSCA_IE_1.png|border]]


===Other Browsers (Linux)===


====Firefox====
Due low level differences of Linux, accepting the root certificate at the operating system level is nontrivial. If you need assistance accepting the certificate for any other browser, please contact [[HelpDesk|UMIACS Staff]].
 
* Follow the instructions above for Firefox in Windows
 
==Accepting UMIACS SSL Certificate Authority in Linux==
 
Due low level differences of 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 [[HelpDesk|UMIACS Staff]].

Revision as of 18:10, 28 July 2010

Introduction

When you visit some webpages encrypted with SSL, you may be presented with a warning about the 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 for our users. 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.

Internet Explorer and Google Chrome (Windows)

  • Visit http://intranet.umiacs.umd.edu
  • Scroll to the bottom and click "UMIACS CA Root Certificate (CRT - Most Browsers)". Download and open this file
    UMIACSCA IE 1.png
  • Click "Install Certificate..." towards the bottom of the dialog box
    UMIACSCA IE 2.png
  • Click Next
  • Choose "Place all certificates in the following store"
  • Choose "Trusted Root Certification Authorities" and click ok
    UMIACSCA IE 3.png
  • Click next and then finished. You should receive a success message similar to the following:
    UMIACSCA IE 4.png

Firefox (cross-platform)

  • Visit http://intranet.umiacs.umd.edu
  • Scroll to the bottom and click "UMIACS CA Root Certificate (CRT - Most Browsers)".
    UMIACSCA IE 1.png
    Firefox should open a "Downloading Certificate" dialog box automatically
    UMIACSCA Firefox 1.png
  • Check all three boxes indicating that you fully trust this Certificate Authority
  • Click ok.

Safari (Mac OSX)

  • Visit http://intranet.umiacs.umd.edu
  • Scroll to the bottom and click "UMIACS CA Root Certificate (CRT - Most Browsers)". Download and open this file by double-clicking it
    UMIACSCA IE 1.png

Other Browsers (Linux)

Due low level differences of Linux, accepting the root certificate at the operating system level is nontrivial. If you need assistance accepting the certificate for any other browser, please contact UMIACS Staff.