Installing Digital Certificates For Mozilla Firefox Applications

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	Client Private Key and Certificate Installation
	Root Certificate Installation

Client Private Key and Certificate Installation

Before you can use your digital certificate with Firefox for web browsing, signed and encrypted e-mail, you need to install your certificate. To do this. In Firefox, select the "options" from the tools menu. Then navigate to the "security" options under the "Advanced" tab.
Under the "Advanced/Security" option select the "View Certificates"
Under the Certificate Manager select the tab "Your certificates" and Click on the "Import" option.
In the "File Name to Restore" selection window navigate to the appropriate file containing the certificate and private key. Select the file and click "Open" when ready.
In the password entry dialogue box enter the password used to encrypt the file containing the certificate and private key. Click "OK".
A message will appear confirming successful installation of the certificate and keys. Click "OK"
A view of "Your Certificates" will appear, showing the newly imported key and certificate. Highlight the new certificate and click "View". A window similar to that shown will appear. Click "OK" to close the window.
The Issuing Authority's Root Certificate will very likely have been installed into Firefox along with your certificate. This is required by Firefox in order to trust certificates issued by the Issuing Authority (including your own). You can check the Root Authority certificate is installed via the "Authorities" tab, under "Certificate Manager". This will bring up a scrollable list of root certificates for Issuing Authorities, that have been installed into Firefox. Locate and select the root certificate of the Issuing Authority you are interested in, and click "Edit" Note: If you cannot find the Issuing Authority's root certificate, it may not have been supplied with your user certificate. In that case, you need to go to the Issuing Authority's web site and install the root certificate from there.

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Root Certificate Installation

The Issuing Authority's Root Certificate will very likely have been installed into Firefox along with your own certificate. This root certificate is required by Firefox in order to trust certificates issued by the Issuing Authority (including your own). If you cannot find the Issuing Authority's root certificate in your "Signers" store, it may not have been supplied with your user certificate. In that case, you need to go to the Issuing Authority's web site and download the certificate from there.

At the Issuing Authority's web site, there should be a clearly labelled link that enables you to download the root certificate.
To get the real root certificate for these Digital Certification Services click here and follow the simple steps below

Click on this appropriate link to bring up the window shown:

Ensure the options "Trust this CA to identify web sites" and "Trust this CA to identify email users" are selected.

Click "OK" to install the certificates.

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