How to install UWO Certificate Authorities Certificate into Web Browsers

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Introduction

A Certificate Authority (CA) is one of the major components of a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) which provides the means to digitally sign or encrypt communications between two parties. A CA acts as a trusted third party which verifies a person or server is who they claim to be. Once an entity is verified by the CA a Public Key Certificate (PKC) is created which is used to provide the encryption.

In order for web browsers to trust a Certificate Authority they must have it's root certificate installed into their certificate database. Following these instructions will allow you to install the root certificate for UWO's Certificate Authority into your web browser. Once completed you will be able to seamlessly connect to web servers which use UWO's Certificate Authority to provide secure connections.

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