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Download a PKI certficate for encryption/digital signatures?
This page explains how to download a PKI (public key infrastructure) certificate for use with encrypting and digitally signing email.

Go to: https://rt.findlay.edu/pki and enter your username and password for your UF Net account.

You should be taken to a screen with the following information:
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YourUserName certificate

Download UF Root CA certificate
Download User Cert (PKCS12)
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Click on UF Root CA certificate and something similar to the following should be displayed:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEcjCCA9ugAwIBAgIJAP1/7UQlK6yXMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBAUAMIHSMQswCQYD
...
dfk1L62vyfKUdARkZcbVYGJoDsrOtYjBxR6zOzVjUEmMfRMYWwI=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
In the upper left corner of your browser window, click Edit and then Select All.  Click Edit a second time, this time choosing Copy.

Open Notepad. (You can do this by clicking the Start button in the lower left corner, then choose All Programs | Accessories | Notepad.)  Click Edit then Paste within Notepad. If the cursor is not flashing immediately after the last dash in -----END CERTIFICATE-----, you may need to hit the Backspace key 2 times to delete the blank spaces. Click File then Save As (choosing where you want to save the certificate),



Enter CA.pem for the File name.
Select All Files for the Save as type.
Select ANSI for Encoding.

Click Save.

Next click the User Cert (PKCS12) link. You'll be prompted to either open or save the file:


Click Save and save the certificate in a directory that you will remember.



The File name should be yourUsername-crt.p12 (for example, dicesare-crt.p12).
The Save as type should be Personal Information Exchange.
Click the Save button.