PKI Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟CAcert.org - Root CA Offering Free Certificates

∟Installig CAcert.org Root CA in IE 8

This section provides a tutorial example on how to install CAcert.org root CA certificate in IE 8. Note that CAcert.org CA certificate is not pre-installed in IE 8

Now I want to install CAcert.org root CA certificate in IE (Internet Explorer) 8:

1. Run IE 8 and visit https://support.ntp.org. The "There is a problem with this Website's security certificate" error page shows up. This confirms that CAcert.org's certificate is not a trusted root CA certificate in IE 8, because fsfe.org's certificate is issued by CAcert.org.

2. Now visit http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=3. CAcert.org certificates page shows up.

3. Click "Root Certificate (PEM Format)" link. The File Download dialog box shows up.

4. Click "Open" button. The Certificate dialog box shows up.
Install CAcert.org Root Certificate in IE 8

5. Check "Install Certificate" button. Certificate Import Wizard shows up.

6. Click "Next" button and select "Place all certificates in the following store - Trusted Root Certification Authorities".

7. Click "Next" button and "Finish" button. The Security Warning message box shows up.

8. Click "Yes" button. CAcert.org's root certificate is installed in IE 8 now.

9. Close IE 8 and run it again to visit https://support.ntp.org. "The NTP Public Services Project" page shows up properly now.

10. View the server certificate path. See other IE 8 tutorials in this book for detailed steps. You will see: 

CA Cert Signing Authority   - The root CA certificate
 |- support.ntp.org         - The server certificate

Last update: 2011.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)

 Introduction of HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

 Using HTTPS with IE (Internet Explorer) 10

 Using HTTPS with Chrome 40

 Using HTTPS with Firefox 35

 Perl Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 PHP Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 Java Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 Certificate Stores and Certificate Console

 .NET Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

►CAcert.org - Root CA Offering Free Certificates

 About CAcert.org

 Join CAcert.org as a Member

 Installing CAcert.org Root CA in Firefox 3

►Installig CAcert.org Root CA in IE 8

 Adding and Validating Domain Names

 Generating Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

 Getting Server Certificate Signed by CAcert.org

 PKI CA Administration - Issuing Certificates

 Digital Signature - Microsoft Word 2007

 Digital Signature - OpenOffice.org 3

 S/MIME and Email Security

 PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Terminology

 Outdated Tutorials

 References

 PDF Printing Version