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Configure Firefox to Trust Albion College Web Certificates

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For websites that are intended to only serve the Albion College community, Information Technology may use SSL certificates that by default are not trusted by Firefox. When visiting one of these sites, you may get an error message in Firefox similar to the one pictured below.

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Complete the following steps to add the Albion College Root CA certificate and Albion College Issuing CA certificate as trusted certificate authorities in Firefox. This will allow you to access sites that are encrypted with Albion College certificates without getting an error message.

In Firefox 3 obtain the Albion College Root Certificate. The Downloading Certificate dialog pictured below appears.

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In the Downloading Certificate window, check the box next to "Trust this CA to identify web sites." and then click the OK button.

Next, obtain the Albion College Issuing CA Certificate. The Downloading Certificate dialog pictured below appears.

firefox-issuing-ca2

In the Downloading Certificate window, check the box next to "Trust this CA to identify web sites." and then click the OK button.

Now that these steps have been completed, you should be able to visit any Albion College web site that is secured with an Albion College SSL certificate without receiving an error message.

 

 
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