Installing Digital Certificates

Installing Digital Certificates in Netscape 4.7x for Macintosh

Preparation

• You may find it easier to refer to these instructions as you go along if you print them before starting the download and install process.
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Step One - Install the CREN Root Certificate

Click Download the CREN Root Certificate to start the download process.

1. Click Next in the New Certificate Authority main window, and then click Next again in the second window.
2. Click More Info if you wish to view the certificate details and then OK when you're done. Otherwise, just click Next.
3. Select the option Accept this Certificate Authority for Certifying network sites and click Next.
4. On the next screen you can choose whether you want Netscape to warn you before sending/receiving any information from sites certified by the certificate. Make your choice and click Next.
5. Enter CREN for the name of the certificate. Click Finish.

Step Two - Install the Columbia CREN Certificate Authority

Click Download the Columbia CREN Certificate Authority to start the download process.

1. Click Next in the New Certificate Authority main window, and then click Next again in the second window.
2. Click More Info if you wish to view the certificate details and then OK when you're done. Otherwise, just click Next.
3. Select the option Accept this Certificate Authority for Certifying network sites and click Next.
4. On the next screen you can choose whether you want Netscape to warn you before sending/receiving any information from sites certified by the certificate. Make your choice and click Next.
5. Enter Columbia-CREN-CA for the name of the certificate. Click Finish.

Verify that the certificate has been added to Netscape by doing the following:

1. Select Tools --> Security Info from the Communicator menu.
2. Select Signers from the left side of the window.
3. Scroll through the list of certificates until you locate the CREN and Columbia-CREN-CA certificates. They will be listed alphabetically.
4. Click OK.