Add to Favorites The Digicert Certificate Utility – Certificate Installation Checker allows you to perform an SSL handshake with a local or remote SSL socket (https, pop3s, imaps, ldaps, etc.) and then show you what certificate, and chain that is currently bound to that application returning to its clients. This is useful for troubleshooting intermediate […]
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Digicert Certificate Utility – SSL Export Instructions. (pfx or pem format)
Add to Favorites Depending on the circumstance you may need to export your SSL Certificate to wherever else it is needed. The Digicert Certificate Utility allows you to export an SSL Certificate with its private key that has been generated from it from the following formats pfx or pem. This comes in handly with large […]
Digicert Certificate Utility – CSR Generation & SSL Installation
Add to Favorites The Digicert Certificate Utility is probably one of the best certificate encryption 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. You have a secret private key that rests on a system or application, and that system/application gives […]
Symantec/Digicert- Google Reissue You May Have to Reissue Your SSL Certificate.
Add to Favorites You May Have to Reissue Your Certificate!! Since announcing the acquisition, DigiCert has actively engaged with the security community to explore paths that address browser concerns about Symantec/Geotrust/Thawte/Rapidssl-issued certificates while balancing the SSL/TLS implementations currently deployed. Symantec-issued certificates impacted by browser timelines will need to be replaced to bring them under the […]
Thawte Intermediate CAs – SSL 123
Add to Favorites Thawte SSL/TLS certificates require the installation of Intermediate CA certificates to be fully trusted in all browsers. Depending on your product type you will need the Thawte intermediate listed below. Your product type is listed in the beginning of your email as specified during enrollment. Alternately you can find your product type […]
WAMP Server (Wampserver) – SSL Installation
Add to Favorites WAMP Server (Wampserver) is built off apache, a very custom environment and your system may differ. Below are generalized instructions. If you have a custom installation, you will need to adjust these instructions appropriately. Like the majority of server systems you will install your SSL certificate on the same server where your […]
Checkpoint VPN – CSR Generation & SSL Installation Guide.
Add to Favorites Checkpoint is a unique VPN gateway appliance. Typically CSR generation and SSL Installation are independent from one another, but Checkpoint desires to have both Root and Intermediate CA installed on the system before CSR generation can occur. So up front you will have to ask or consult your CA vender for these […]
What Certificate Authorities Do & How Their SSL Certificate Security is Enforced.
Add to Favorites There has been a lot of misleading information flying around within the security industry and various tech blogs regarding Certificate Authorities (CA), Security, and the function of SSL Certificates. Lots of finger pointing with no foundation of knowledge on who does what. The confusion is how encryption keypairs work, controlled, and […]
What Do The Details of a Digital Certificate Mean?
Add to Favorites There is a lot of information that gets added to a digital certificate. The information within these fields under the details of a digital certificate state the parameters from its issuance. Some of these fields are just informational, but sometimes an application can be built around these specific fields. With the standards […]
Mitel MiCollab MSL Server – SSL Installation
Add to Favorites Like the majority of server systems you will install your SSL certificate on the same server where your Certificate Signing Request (CSR) was created. Your private key will always be left on the server system where the CSR was originally created. Your SSL certificate will not work without this private key file. […]