Why Can Only Certain Browsers Generate Automatic Keypairs?

Add to Favorites In the world of PKI and SSL some certificate authorities use browsers such as Internet Explorer or Firefox to automatically generate keypairs to be used with Email-S/MIME Code Signing or Client Authentication Certificates. Not all Browsers have the capability to generate these keypairs due to licensing restrictions of the <keygen> and ActiveX […]

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How to Import a Certificate into Firefox

Add to Favorites Depending on the circumstance you may need to import a Certificate into your Firefox browser. Code Signing, Email, and Admin/Digictal ID certificates can be imported into Firefox’s certificate stores to allow users access to websites or enable users to use Mozilla based software where certificates are necessary to perform a function. This article […]

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SHA-1 or SHA-256 for Windows kernel-mode Code Signing

Add to Favorites Problem Windows Vista and Server 2008 trigger a security warning for code running in kernel mode if the code was signed with a SHA-256 Authenticode certificate. The current workaround is to use a SHA-1 certificate. However, SHA-1 is being deprecated. Patched versions of Windows 7 and newer versions of Windows operating systems […]

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Digicert Certificate Utility – Code Signing (Exporting pfx)

Add to Favorites The Digicert Certificate Utility is probably one of the best certificate management tool out on the net. A lot of people become scared with key-pair encryption but key-pairs/certificates are actually fundamental easy to figure out. Unlike SSL certificates, code signing certificates perform the function of signing. Code signing certificates creates a tamper […]

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Digicert Certificate Utility – Code Signing (Signing Code)

Add to Favorites The Digicert Certificate Utility is probably one of the best certificate management tool out on the net. A lot of people become scared with key-pair encryption but key-pairs/certificates are actually fundamental easy to figure out. Unlike SSL certificates, code signing certificates perform the function of signing. Code signing certificates creates a tamper […]

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Digicert Certificate Utility – Code Signing (Downloading/Installing)

Add to Favorites The Digicert Certificate Utility is probably one of the best certificate management tool out on the net. A lot of people become scared with key-pair encryption but key-pairs/certificates are actually fundamental easy to figure out. Unlike SSL certificates, code signing certificates perform the function of signing. Code signing certificates creates a tamper […]

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