icSSL by Innovative Concepts

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• call 805-545-9562 and ask for someone in support

How do I export / backup my certificate?

• Go to Start->Run mmc
• File->Add/Remove Snap In
  
• Choose Certificates
  
  • Choose "My User Account" for Email Certificates
    
  • Choose "Local Computer" for Website Certificates
    
• Press OK, all the way out
  
• Open the first item, then the first item again, then personal, then click on certificates from menu on left
  
• Right click on the certificate
  
• All Tasks -> Export
  
• Use all defaults, except
  
  • Yes, export the private key
    
  • Give it a password you will remember
    
• Save this file to your desktop
  
• Close mmc
  

OK, I got my email certificate, now what do I do?

• In most email applications, you are already done.  At this point you are able to digitally sign any outgoing email.
• Outlook allows you to digitally sign an individual email or to digital sign all by default.  
  
  • See How at Microsoft Help
    

How do I import my email certificate to another computer?

• Email the key you exported, per above directions, to yourself or copy to a USB key, etc.
• Open the file
  
• Use all defaults, except:
  • Mark this key as exportable
• You will still need to configure your email program to use the email certificate

How do I use my email certificate on a windows mobile smartphone that uses Microsoft Exchange?

• First, Import key per above directions
• Open Exchange inbox
  
• menu -> tools -> options
  
• Choose Exchange account
  
  • Keep clicking next until you see the Contacts, E-Mail, Calendar, and Tasks shown
    
  • Click Email once, leaving it checked
    
  • Click Advanced
    
  • Check to sign all outgoing email messages
    
  • Choose Certificate
    
• Press OK all the way out
  

I heard that I can encrypt my email, how?

• Most email applications these days understand what to do with secure certificates.  Once you have received an email with a certificate, your computer now knows that you can potentially send encrypted email back.
• If you have a certificate and you receive an email from someone who included a certificate, you simply have to check "encrypt" on a reply.  Most email applications have this in options.
  

My Recipient sees a strange attachment when I email them with my secure certificate included, why?

• Your recipient is using an application that does not understand email security.  They can ignore the attachment.

What is SSL?

• SSL does two things for you. 
  
  • First, it ensures that the website you are viewing is actually the website you want.  If the URL says www.mybank.com you can be certain that you are actually viewing www.mybank.com. 
    
  • Secondly, information transmitted to and from your machine all the way to the server hosting that website is encrypted.

What is a CSR?

• A CSR is a string that begins the process of securing your website. 
  
• This information is used to generate the SSL certificate that will be used by your users.