Setting up mozilla to sign and encrypt messages, Installing root certificates – Apple Federal Smart Card Package User Manual

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FSCP Installation and Setup Guide

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Setting Up Mozilla to Sign and Encrypt Messages

To set up Mozilla to use your Common Access Card to authenticate signing and encrypting
email messages:

1

Choose Mail & Newsgroups from the Window menu.

You may need to set up your email account information before you continue.

2

Insert the Common Access Card in the reader, if necessary.

3

Choose Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings from the Edit menu, then click Security.

4

Click Select under Digital Signing.

5

If necessary, enter the PIN for your Common Access Card. (In the message, Mozilla calls the
PIN the “master password.”)

6

Click OK. Mozilla selects the correct certificate for signing your email.

7

If a message asks to use this certificate for encryption, click Cancel.

8

Click Select under Encryption, then click OK. Mozilla selects the correct certificate for
encrypting your email.

Installing Root Certificates

Installing root certificates makes it easier to work with certificates for signing and encrypting
email. You can install either test certificates or live certificates to use with the card.

To install test certificates:

1

Using the Mozilla web browser, open one of these webpages:

For ORC Certificate Authority:

m ID Certificates: https://ca-3.c3pki-OandM.orc.com

m Email Certificates: https://email-ca-3.c3pki-OandM.orc.com

For JITC Certificate Authority:

m ID Certificates: https://idca.nit.disa.mil

m Email Certificates: https://eca.nit.disa.mil

2

In the message that appears, make sure the checkbox is selected to accept this certificate
temporarily, then click OK.

3

Messages might say that the webpage is encrypted or that the page contains unencrypted
information. Click OK to close these messages.

4

In the page that appears, click the Retrieval tab, then click Import CA Certificate Chain in the
list on the left.

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