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Installing A Trusted Root Certificate On My Mac?
By Dave Taylor
Expert Author
Article Date: 2007-09-12
I keep getting errors about not being able to establish a secure connection with my mail server in Entourage because of a bad root certificate.
My ISP has sent me the necessary "trusted root certificate" file, but I have no idea how to install it. Help!
I know just what you mean because I also use an SSL connection to securely access my mail server, keeping things quite a bit more secure on an open wireless wifi network. For a long while I was also getting the error I bet you get:
It turns out that Microsoft has some pretty decent instructions on how to install the certificate that you've gotten from your ISP here: install a trusted cert, but I'll summarize here too!
You first step is to save the certificate to the desktop and double-click on it. It'll launch the Keychain Access application and show you the following dialog box:
Now you'll want to click on the "Keychain" pop-up menu and select "X509 Anchors":
Now click "OK" and enter your administrative password when it prompts you:
That should do the trick. You can verify your certificate's installed properly by going to Applications --> Microsoft Office 2004 --> Office and launching "Microsoft Cert Manager". Choose "Apple Trusted Root Certificate Authorities" and then find your new certificate. Double-click it and you should see what I see here:
That all there is to it. Quit and restart Entourage and you should be clear of that pesky error message forever, or at least until the certificate expires!
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About the Author:
Dave Taylor has been involved with the Internet since 1980 and is
internationally known as an expert on both business and technology issues.
Holder of an MSEd and MBA, author of twenty books and founder of four
startups, he also runs a strategic marketing company and consults with firms
seeking the best approach to working with weblogs and social networks. Dave
is an award-winning speaker and frequent guest on radio and podcast
programs.
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