[2590] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: How to add CA's certificate to Navigator
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Barber)
Mon Aug 12 12:24:04 1996
From: Jeff Barber <jeffb@issl.atl.hp.com>
To: etdrc@public.bta.net.cn
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 08:28:45 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: ssl-talk@netscape.com, www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199608111030.SAA05835@public.bta.net.cn> from "etdrc@public.bta.net.cn" at Aug 11, 96 06:30:04 pm
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
etdrc@public.bta.net.cn writes:
> Now I have a secure HTTPD server which support SSL,But I havn't a
> certificate signed by a CA hardcoded in Netscape Navigator 2.01and 3.0b.So
> I generate a certifacte for myself and then use this certificate as a CA to
> sign server site certificates for secure servers in my Intranet.But now I
> face a serious problem: I can't add my CA certificate to Navigator.When the
> Navigator connects to secure http server it pops up a dialog box saying it
> doesn't reconginize CA which signed the server site certificate.Though I can
> communicate with this server,it IS NOT SECURE because the server's
> certificate doesn't verified by my CA.Can you tell me how to add a CA's
> certificate to Netscape?
See http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/ssl_2.0_certificate.html
-- Jeff
