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RE: Microsoft Internet Explorer: Request for Comments



Fisher Mark <[email protected]> writes:

> >One small beef: why doesn't it accept .p12 certificates signed by
> >"Vesign web site CA"?
>
> Are these PEM or DER-encoded?  There is a known problem with PEM-encoded
> Certificate Authority certificates not being accepted at all.
> (DER-encoded Certificate Authority certificates are accepted, but MSIE
> 4.x won't display their contents while you are accepting them -- you
> have to accept them, then view their contents.)

Let me illustrate...

This is the cypherpunks.p12 certificate signed by "VeriSign Web Site Access CA"
for [email protected] (Random Q. Hacker). I believe it's x509/DER.
You need to save it as a local file (say \temp\cypherpunks.p12).
The password ("pin") is "cypherpunks".

To import the certificate in your Netscape[tm] Navigator 4 browser I do this:

 Click on Communicator -> Security Info
 Under Certificates, click on Yours, then on "Import a Certificate"
 Select the local file. Type in the pin (cypherpunks) when prompted.
(see http://www.verisign.com/netscape/transport/import.html)

begin 644 cypherpunks.p12
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end


To import the certificate in your Microsoft[tm] Internet Explorer 4 browser,
I try:

 Click on View -> Internet options -> Content tab
 Click the "personal" button under Certificates
 A new window opens. Click on Import
 Type in the name of your local file and the password (cypherpunks).

IE simply says it can't import it, with no details!

I *assume* it's because "Vesign web site CA" isn't even listed among the
authorities IE accepts (and I'm too lasy to search the web for whatever
I need to add to IE)

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<a href="mailto:[email protected]">Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM</a>
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps