Virginia Tech Certification Authority

Installing the Virginia Tech Certification Authority (VTCA) Root Certificate for Safari in Mac OS Xv10.5

Question:

How do I install the Virginia Tech Certification Authority (VTCA) root certificate for Safari in Mac OS X v10.5?

Answer:

Important: Log on to Mac OS with an account with computer administrator privileges.

To install the VTCA root certificate:

  1. Download the certificate to your Desktop: press and hold the Control key, click the cacert.crt link, and then select Save Linked File As. In the following popup ensure that the file name is cacert.crt and the destination folder is Desktop. Click Save. In the next popup: Save Plain Text "The name 'cacert.crt' appears to have an extension. Do you want to append .'txt' to the name?", choose Don't Append.
  2. From your Desktop, double-click the cacert.crt file.
  3. From the Keychain drop-down list, select Login.
  4. Click OK.
  5. In the following popup: "Do you want your computer to trust certificates signed by 'Virginia Tech RootCA' from now on?", choose Always Trust.
  6. In the Password text box, type your Mac OS passphrase.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Click the Show Keychains button.
    Important: This small button is located at the bottom left of the Keychain Access window.If you do not see this button, quit the application and, at the point of double-clicking the cacert.crt file from your Desktop, restart the instructions.
  9. Select Login.
  10. Double-click Virginia Tech Root CA.
  11. Verify that the fingerprints display as:
    "SHA1: AF 6F EB 42 FA 2F E4 A2 6E 9F 7F B5 B5 FF 3A BC 13 C6 0D 81"
    "MD5: CE 03 7C 49 13 54 5B F5 D3 70 7A 18 4C FC 25 30"
  12. Close all windows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last updated on September 29, 2009