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Bates College
Certificate Authority (CA)
To encourage the use of SSL for encrypting services like web servers
and e-mail we have established our own certificate authority
(CA).
Uses for Bates
signed certificates
A certificate signed by Bates is useful for the following things:
- Digitally signing e-mail
- Encrypting e-mail
- Securing traffic to and from a server (e.g. web
server over SSL)*
*If
your desire is to SSL enable a server, the intended audience must be
limited to the Bates community. Otherwise, users will receive a
message stating that their client software does not recognize the
signer of the certificate. If the server will be serving a mixed
audience of the public and the Bates community or will be handling
financial transactions, it is recommended that a certificate be signed
by a highly recognized signing authority, like GeoTrust or VeriSign. Please
contact the Manager of Internet Software Services
with your needs.
Certificates
for e-mail clients
Thunderbird supports the use of SSL certificates for digitally
signing and encrypting e-mail. If you would like to enable this
feature in your e-mail client you must request a certificate. Please review the configuration
documentation for Thunderbird.
Certificates
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