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Use the links below to download the X509 Certificate Policy Document For The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Certification Authorities

• Clear Text PDF Document
• PKCS#7 Digitally Signed PDF Document

In order to verify the digital signature by the Virginia Tech Root CA on the Virginia Tech Certificate Policy Document, you must have software installed which will allow you to process a digitally signed PKCS#7 document. For example if you have OpenSSL installed, you can verify the digital signature as follows:

1. Download the PKCS#7 Digitally Signed PDF Document to a file named vtcp.sig
2. Download the Virginia Tech Root CA certificate in PEM format to a file named cacert.pem
3. Execute the following OpenSSL command to verify the digital signature:
   openssl smime -verify -inform PEM -in .\vtcp.sig -CAfile .\cacert.pem -out .\vtcp.pdf -signer .\cacert.pem
4. You should see the message "Verification successful". A clear text version of the Virginia Tech Certificate Policy will be created in the file vtcp.pdf

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To download to a local file using the links above, do one of the following:

• If you are using Firefox, right click on the download link and select Save Link As...
• If you are using IE, right click on the download link and select Save Target As ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last updated on May 13, 2008