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∟Archived: Managing Certificates in Firefox 18

This section provides a tutorial example on how to access and manage certificates pre-installed Firefox 18.

In the previous tutorial, I learned how to view the certificate from the server, while contacting an https (SSL) Web server. Now I want to know how to access pre-installed certificates in Firefox.

1. Run Firefox 18, and go to the "Tools" > "Options..." menu. The Options dialog box shows up.

2. Click the "Advanced" icon, then click the "Encryption" tab. Encryption options shows up:

Protocols
[x] Use SSL 3.0      [x] Use TSL 1.0

Certificates
When a server requests my personal certificates:
( ) Select one automatically      (.) Ask me every time

3. Click the "View Certificates" button. The Certificate Manager dialog box shows up.

4. Go to the Authorities tab.

5. Select "VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority", and click "View" button. The Certificate Viewer dialog box shows up.

Now we know that Firefox 18 does have pre-installed certificates. If you click other tabs, you will see some other certificates in different categories:

Your Certificates - For my own certificates.
People - For other people's certificates.
Servers - For certificates from non CAs.
Authorities - For certificates from CAs.
Others - For other certificates.

The picture below shows you how to access the Certificate Manager in Firefox 18:

Mozilla Firefox 18 - Manage Certificates — Mozilla Firefox 18 - Manage Certificate

Table of Contents

About This Book

Cryptography Terminology

Cryptography Basic Concepts

Introduction to AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)

Introduction to DES Algorithm

DES Algorithm - Illustrated with Java Programs

DES Algorithm Java Implementation

DES Algorithm - Java Implementation in JDK JCE

DES Encryption Operation Modes

DES in Stream Cipher Modes

PHP Implementation of DES - mcrypt

Blowfish - 8-Byte Block Cipher

Secret Key Generation and Management

Cipher - Secret Key Encryption and Decryption

Introduction of RSA Algorithm

RSA Implementation using java.math.BigInteger Class

Introduction of DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm)

Java Default Implementation of DSA

Private key and Public Key Pair Generation

PKCS#8/X.509 Private/Public Encoding Standards

Cipher - Public Key Encryption and Decryption

MD5 Mesasge Digest Algorithm

SHA1 Mesasge Digest Algorithm

OpenSSL Introduction and Installation

OpenSSL Generating and Managing RSA Keys

OpenSSL Managing Certificates

OpenSSL Generating and Signing CSR

OpenSSL Validating Certificate Path

"keytool" and "keystore" from JDK

"OpenSSL" Signing CSR Generated by "keytool"

Migrating Keys from "keystore" to "OpenSSL" Key Files

Certificate X.509 Standard and DER/PEM Formats

Migrating Keys from "OpenSSL" Key Files to "keystore"

Using Certificates in IE

Using Certificates in Google Chrome

Using Certificates in Firefox

►Archived Tutorials

Archived: Visiting "https" Web Site with Chrome 24

Archived: Visiting an "https" Web Site with Firefox 18

►Archived: Managing Certificates in Firefox 18

Archived: Visiting "https" Web Site with Firefox 3

Archived: Managing Certificates in IE 9

Archived: Visiting "https" Web Site with IE 7

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