phil,
On Tuesday, July 25, 2000, at 10:07 AM you wrote:
p> I need to have ***ALL*** these questions answered
p> History: In order to impliment S/MIME It was my understanding that
p> all one had to do was browse to thawte, apply for a key, export it
p> from the browser to a file called pfx.pfx Import pfx.pfx to the
p> VCard, Create a new contact(ie. you) under TRUSTED ROOT CA and the
p> universe S/MIME should be in harmony.
Hmmm, that's pretty much the way I did it. I followed the step-by-step
guide at <http://www.mindquake.com.br/thebat/>
p> I hear from Nick (thanks for the help BTW), there's a Private Key
p> Box? Where? not in my Address book or the VCard
I believe the private key box is the one mentioned in the step where
you are exporting the key from the browser.
p> I hear there are some KEY ICONS, (not in my Address book or the
p> Vcard) So Where are they?
Account Properties/Edit Personal VCard/Certificates tab
See the attached key.jpg to see what it is supposed to look like (Top
entry)
p> What is the Create CSR button for?
Got me.
p> Does the Create CSR button work?
Got me.
p> Does the Create CSR button do anything at all except sit there doing
p> nothing?
Got me again! <grin>
p> How many LINES are in the box when you import your certificate?
p> Three Lines for ea imported Certificate? Y/n=
Yes, again, see attached key.jpg
p> The tutorial is for what Operating System--Win2k?
Worked flawlessly for me under Win98SE
p> none of the pictures in those boxes match my system.
To be honest, I didn't even really look at the pics, just followed the
text.
p> They mention Advanced Radio Buttons in MSIE. Where?
Tools/Internet Options/Content tab. Middle right side.
p> There Are only THREE Buttons in MSIE ( I stated this earlier one of
p> the three is PERSONAL Certificates)
On the above mentioned tab, I've got five buttons.
Import, Export, Remove, Advanced, and View
p> PFX, .P12 Blah - WHAT IS THE *****EXACT NAME***** THAT THE EXPORTED
p> FROM MSIE4 FILE SHOULD BE CALLED ANYWAY?
Mine saved to a .pfx
p> WHAT ABOUT IN NETSCAPE?
Only did it through IE. Can't help you here. Sorry.
p> CAN I REMOVE IE4. EVER?
Darn good question. Seems like so much web stuff relies on IE
nowadays.
p> I was told there would be Beta/13. I wasn't told 145sm would come
p> out. I wasn't told specifically NOT to use it.
I'm using it right now (145sm), seems stable.
p> Is there just No possible way to import these Certificates on a
p> Windows 98 (original) system with IE4?
Now, here's whereI think your problem lies. You might need to do this
with IE5. I can't prove this, unless someone else has IE4 installed,
but the tutorial matched my IE5 stuff under Win98SE just fine.
p> Is something being overlooked which is specific to my setup?
See above! <grin>
p> Do I have to have an original stock Path to Thebat's HOME directory?
I doubt it. Although my configuration is the default, I wouldn't
imagine that it has anything to do with it.
p> Apparently these keys are not Free either! Why suggest we get them if
p> they are not free?
The certificate I got from Thawte is free, and I've gotten multiple
ones for multiple addresses. Maybe you mean the server certificates.
That I don't know about.
p> Somewhere(earlier on) I heard that you had to import the keys into
p> the PGP Key Manager....... Where did that thread go? Why would we
p> want to do that? (Actually I was able to get a "Webserver
p> Certificate" Imported into the PGP Key Manager, and then there was
p> an error when connecting to MIT and importing Thawte's Pgp Keys. (
p> a whole lot of keys there are I might add! ) I deleted this key.
p> Should I Have? It said something was wrong, I don't want something
p> wrong in my PGP Key's do I?
Yes, I did import my certificate into PGP keys. It went as expected,
and serves as a signing of that key. The more signers you have for a
PGP key, the more likely it will be trusted by someone who doesn't
personally know you.
p> What does my PGP KEY Manager have to do with S/MIME Anyway?
p> Nothing?
p> Everything?
p> Anything?
Trust signing. It's another notch in the belt so to say.
p> Obviously from my Taglines I originally had a 98 (original), not
p> SE, and then 98lite, and then I ran ROM II on it which totally
p> yanks out IE and I put win95 shell in (Three files), Then for
p> purposes of getting a certificate I installed IE4.
p> Could my OS have something to do with this? Can the Modifications
p> have something to do with it?
Like I said, I think it might be an IE4 problem, but 98lite and ROM II
could very well have something to do with it as well. You could try
getting a certificate on a friend's machine (with a normal install),
export the certificates, remove them from his/her browser (so they
can't use them), then take your exported certificate with you. May or
may not work, but it's worth a shot if you have a trustworthy friend.
p> Regarding Thawte:
p> Does JAVA have anything to do with it?
p> Cookies?
p> Active-X?
All this stuff is enabled on my machine, so I can't tell you.
p> Other Already EXISTING Security Certificates inside the browser?
Got me, these are the first certificates I've gotten.
p> Regarding Requesting Certificates:
p> Has anyone got any key other than the default key?
Nope, I got error trying to obtain non-default keys.
p> Has anyone got any key other than the key on the TOP of the drop
p> down menu?
Nope.
p> Is anyone else having problems still?
p> Am I the only one now?
p> Should there be more questions in this list?
Wish I could tell you something else, but I think your install of
Windows and IE is the problem. Don't know why it won't work with
Netscape, but I don't use it.
Hope something here helped.
Leif Gregory
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