Library items tagged: Certificate Service

Request S/MIME Certificate

Simon Cooper
Monday, January 23, 2017 - 16:13
S/MIME
Certificate Service
jcs
SSL
Once you have the appropriate certificate credit on your organisation's Certificate Service account, you can proceed and request the required S/MIME email certificate, by clicking on the 'Request Certificate' tab in the JCS portal. The following steps apply: Request Certificate 1. Is the certificate for a primary or secondary school? Note: S/MIME certificates are not available for school owned domains.
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Request S/MIME

Simon Cooper
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 16:37
jcs
S/MIME
Certificate Service
email
Once you have the appropriate certificate credit on your organisation's Certificate Service account, you can proceed and request the required S/MIME email certificate, by clicking on the 'Request Certificate' tab in the JCS portal. The following steps apply: Request Certificate 1. Is the certificate for a primary or secondary school? Note: S/MIME certificates are not available for school owned domains.
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Information on S/MIME certificates

Simon Cooper
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 15:47
jcs
S/MIME
Certificate Service
This section contains further information about how to request and obtain S/MIME certificates, and further help on how to install and configure S/MIME to work on users' email clients. S/MIME certificates, also called "Personal certificates", enable users to digitally sign emails and optionally to encrypt email messages. Sending a digitally signed email means the recipient is able to verify that the email has been sent from the sender's account. Digitally signing emails can therefore help reduce the chances of users falling foul to phishing attacks.
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Joining the Jisc Certificate Service (for Local Authorities and RBCs)

Simon Cooper
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 15:10
Certificate Service
Join
SSL
https
jcs
Step 1 In order to participate in the Jisc Certificate Service you will first need to create a community account at https://community.jisc.ac.uk/register, and once registered, link your organisation to your Jisc Community account from the account 'Profile' page. Step 2 All other users which you want to be able to request certificates on behalf of your organisation will also need to register an account on the Jisc Community and link it to your organisation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Anonymous
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 14:58
Certificate Service
certificates
jcs
jcs faq
ssl certificate
FAQ
Q. What organisations are eligible to join this service? A. Organisations can check their eligibility for this service here. Q. How much does a certificate cost? A. Currently Janet will absorb the cost of providing Janet Certificate Service, but from 3 June 2013 there will be a charge applied for obtaining SSL certificates from the service.
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Joining the Jisc Certificate Service

Anonymous
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 14:53
Certificate Service
Join
SSL
jcs
Step 1 In order to participate in the Jisc Certificate Service, you will first need to create a community account at https://community.jisc.ac.uk/register, ensure to link your organisation to your Jisc Community account, see https://community.jisc.ac.uk/library/janet-website-how/my-organisations.
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