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How to add the Rayservers CA to Firefox and Thunderbird

17.01.2010 23:08 in technical-notes

The Rayservers CA provides a hassle free 10 year SSL 2048 bit RSA, 256 bit AES certificate.

http://image.rayservers.com/rayservers-ca.crt

For Firefox, simply click on the link above in Mozilla Firefox and check the three boxes in the pop up. Screenshot

Thunderbird instructions below.

Windows / Internet Explorer instructions below.


SHA1 Fingerprint=51:31:A8:D2:5A:E5:0D:BE:F2:7D:73:02:C6:A7:0C:6D:3F:A6:F3:D8


Firefox Certificate Import Screenshot

IPS CA Import into Firefox

 

To import the Rayservers CA into Thunderbird

Right Click [Control-Click on Mac] on the link above in Firefox, choose Save Link As and save the file to Desktop.

In Thunderbird, go to the preferences/options menu.

On Linux, the preferences menu is in Edit -> Preferences. On Windows Tools -> Options. Screenshot below.

Thunderbird preferences -> Advanced -> Certificates

Then Preferences -> Advanced -> Certificates -> View Certificates -> Authorities -> Import.

then select the file you downloaded to  the desktop. Screenshot below.

Thunderbird 3.0 Certificate Manager -> Import

Make sure you check the trust boxes as you did in Firefox.

The following steps are reported to work on Windows 7 / Internet Explorer

Please note: We do NOT recommend Internet Explorer or the Windows platform if you work with value.

  1. Open the

    http://image.rayservers.com/rayservers-ca.crt

    link to the certificate.
  2. In the pop-up window, click Install Certificate.
  3. The Certificate Import Wizard will then display.
  4. Do NOT click on the default option, Automatically Select the Certificate Store.
  5. Instead, select Place All Certificates In The Following Store.
  6. Click on Browse, then select in the drop-down box Trusted Root Certification Authorities.
  7. Click Next, then click Finish.
  8. A pop-up window will open asking if you want to install this, with warnings. Select Yes.
  9. You should then get a pop-up confirming the import was successful. Click Ok.

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