[Ilugc] Where can I get digital cert using Ubuntu
- From: knura9@xxxxxxxxx (Arun Khan)
- Date: Mon Jul 26 20:47:53 2010
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:53 PM, K.C. Ramakrishna
<kcramakrishna@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
I am planning to get a Digital Cert and was going through the TCS site -
http://www.tcs-ca.tcs.co.in/index.jsp
The problem is that they insist on WinXP and IE. Is there any place where I
can complete this process using Firefox/Linux (Ubuntu)?
For private network you can always be your own CA (Cert Authority) and
issue any number of certs for systems as well as users.
Are you buying the dig. cert. for yourself (individual - for filing
tax returns company reports etc.) or a public facing system like a web
site?
For the latter you can get digital cert from
<
http://cert.startcom.org> - caveat they may not be "known" to the
browsers or other apps and you may have to add them manually when the
client cites an exception.
To the best of my knowledge, the Indian tax authorities accept
personal Dig. Certs. only from selected CAs. These CAs are all
based on MS platform and it is no surprise that you need Windows on
the client site as well.
I had to use Windows to download my pesonal digital cert from MTNL.
Once downloaded I could export the digital cert and install it in
Firefox on my Linux desktop.
-- Arun Khan
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