PRicho Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 How do you issue yours... We have issued our own certificate for our exchange server for webaccess, however in IE7 it informs you that it may not be safe and basically adds another step into getting onto the site, At the embc migration meeting i mentioned this, and was told synetrix should be able to supply us with a trusted SSL certificate, has anybody done this? Cheers
jsnetman Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 You could try here StartCom Free SSL Certification Authority I wanted to do this at my place but we go through the LEA and they don't or won't bother to implement it.
somabc Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 How do you issue yours... We have issued our own certificate for our exchange server for webaccess, however in IE7 it informs you that it may not be safe and basically adds another step into getting onto the site, At the embc migration meeting i mentioned this, and was told synetrix should be able to supply us with a trusted SSL certificate, has anybody done this? Cheers You need to buy a certificate that is 'trusted' via a company such as thwate or verisign if you have money to burn, or somewhere else for a bit cheaper. If your school or LEA has an agreement with synetrix then ask them for one. Configure SSL on OWA
srochford Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 SSL Certificate Wildcard SSL Free Certificates Server Certificates 256 bits do free certs for education. 1
steve Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 For exchange I use trusticos rapidssl certs. Trusted in ie6,7 and firefox 2 Not bad at 9 quid a year + vat Instructions on the website on installing the certs too.
Geoff Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 SSL Certificate Wildcard SSL Free Certificates Server Certificates 256 bits do free certs for education. Yep using them here for our Moodle and Zimbra sites.
john Posted April 24, 2008 Posted April 24, 2008 SSL Certificate Wildcard SSL Free Certificates Server Certificates 256 bits do free certs for education. . dont see an option for .sch.uk domains being free am I missing something?
Heebeejeebee Posted April 24, 2008 Posted April 24, 2008 . dont see an option for .sch.uk domains being free am I missing something? Nor me. But what about our .org domain that has some pretty funky DNS going on - free too if we can prove we're a school? Can only ask. HBJB (on the dns thing, we have a .org doman hosted by a third party, who's A record is forwarded to another company who do our website, we have a few sub domains that that we deal with ourselves (host and ssl) and OWA on a sub domain of our .org that forwards to our internal Exchange server that is actualy on a .sch domain (also with an external IP address). Still with me? I need a certificate that will stop the 'This site is not trusted' messages but can't get my head around what I actual need to put in the certificate setup page. Any help welcome).
Geoff Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 . dont see an option for .sch.uk domains being free am I missing something? Wildcard certs are not free, but single server certs are free for 'education'.
john Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 Wildcard certs are not free, but single server certs are free for 'education'. Oh yes, silly me when you go in to buy you get an education radio button
timbo343 Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 SSL Certificate Wildcard SSL Free Certificates Server Certificates 256 bits do free certs for education. What about if we have a .co.uk domain but we are still a school. Do you think we would still qualify?
cookie_monster Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 Sorry to resurrect the thread but did anyone manage to get a free SSL cert with a .sch.uk address in the end?
cookie_monster Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 Who from and how much if you don't mind me asking? Thanks.
cookie_monster Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 I asked EMBC and they said we're better off getting our own, i'm not sure if that means that they don't offer them or were just feeling lazy.
RabbieBurns Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Thanks for this thread. I have now just got us a cert from the place srochford mentioned.
Geoff Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Who from and how much if you don't mind me asking? Thanks. SSL Certificate Wildcard SSL Free Certificates Server Certificates 256 bits For Free. 1
RabbieBurns Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 how can i make http://mydomain.com go straight to https://mydomain.com with IIS rather than just go the HTTP Error 403.4 - Forbidden: SSL is required to view this resource page ?
GrumbleDook Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 I asked EMBC and they said we're better off getting our own, i'm not sure if that means that they don't offer them or were just feeling lazy. Just had a prod to respond to this ... (some of us are trying to take a break you know and concentrate on the day job!) I'll ask this question at the next meeting with them as JANET do have a certificate authority that schools can use, as long as the RBC is the owner of the domain ... within EMBC this should mean the tag holder and nominated technical / administrative contact (which they are for most of the .sch.uk domains that were migrated earlier in the year).
Geoff Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 How does one apply for a certificate from JANET then?
cookie_monster Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 I'll ask this question at the next meeting with them as JANET do have a certificate authority that schools can use I'll note this for future reference thanks as we really need one ASAP. Thank you.
RabbieBurns Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Mine seems to work fine with IE, but with firefox I get an invalid certificate warning... any suggestions?
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