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Certificates at MIT


Certificates are your key to secure web services at MIT, such as Benefits, Request Tracker, ECAT, Roles, SAPweb, and WebSIS. MIT personal web certificates are set to expire periodically.

Personal certificates obtained starting June 4, 2009, are good until July 31, 2010. The MIT Certificate Authority (CA) is good until August 2026. If you are obtaining certificates for the first time (such as on a new computer), get the MIT CA first. Links to detailed instructions for obtaining and installing certificates are below.

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Get Certificates Now:

Get MIT CA (Certificate Authority)
(Needed for verifying authenticity of MIT servers to browsers, and for email clients such as Outlook. If not installed, get this before getting personal certificate.)

Get MIT Personal Certificate
(MIT ID and Kerberos ID required)

Attention Safari Users! After getting a new MIT personal certificate, delete any previous or expired certificate. Then download and run the tool CertAid to fix problems accessing some MIT secure web sites.

Getting Started:

Obtaining Certificates for Accessing Secure Web Services at MIT

Internet Explorer for Windows:

Safari for Mac OS X:

Firefox for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows:

Mobile Devices

Check Certificates:

Check for MIT CA Certificate

Test Your Certificate
Determine whether or not you have a valid certificate

Expiration of Personal Certificates

How to Delete Personal Certificates

Export or Back Up MIT Personal Certificates

Resolving Certificate Issues Related to Accessing SAPweb

Set Preferences:

Firefox: Set a Master Password

Tell Firefox to select a certificate automatically

Restrict Access:

Restrict Access to Web Pages Using Certificates -- protecting web content

Supported Software

Macintosh OS X:

Safari

Firefox

Windows XP/Vista:

Internet Explorer

Firefox

Athena (including Debathena):

Firefox

Linux:

Firefox


Related Services

Some of the MIT secure applications requiring MIT certificates:

Benefits Employee Self-Service

ECAT

MIT Software Distribution

Request Tracker (RT)

SAPweb

WebSIS


Support Resources

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

Certificate Stock Answers

Who to Contact:

Athena:
Web: Athena Consultants
Email: olc@mit.edu
Phone: 617.253.4435

Macintosh/Windows:
Web: Computing Help Desk
Email: computing-help@mit.edu
Phone: 617.253.1101

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