Viewing Comodo Personal Certificate in Firefox

This section provides a tutorial example on how to view detail information of a personal certificate issued by Comodo and installed in Firefox.

After installing my personal certificate from Comodo with Firefox, I need to verify it:

1. Run Mozilla Firefox, click the menu icon, then select "Options". The preferences page shows up.

2. Click the "Security" icon on the left, then scroll down to the "Certificates" section.

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

4. Click the "Your Certificates" tab. I see my personal certificate listed under "COMODO CA Limited".

5. Select my certificate and click "View" button. The certificate opens up with the "General" tab:

This certificate has been verified for the following uses:
   Email Signer Certificate
   Email Recipient Certificate

Issue To
   Common Name (CN) <Not Part Of Certificate>
   ...

Issue By
   Common Name (CN) COMODO RSA Client Authentication and Secure Email CA
   ...

6. Click "Details" tab. I see the certificate verification path:

COMODO RSA Certification Authority
   COMODO RSA Client Authentication and Secure Email CA
      E=herong_yang@yahoo.com

7. Click on "Subject" line in the "Certificate Fields" section. I see only one entry:

E = herong_yang@yahoo.com

Here is my understanding of certificate:

Viewing Comodo Personal Certificate in Firefox
Viewing Comodo Personal Certificate in Firefox

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)

 Introduction of HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

 Using HTTPS with Google Chrome

 Using HTTPS with Mozilla Firefox

 HTTPS with Microsoft Edge

 Using HTTPS with Apple Safari

 HTTPS with IE (Internet Explorer)

 Android and Server Certificate

 iPhone and Server Certificate

 Windows Certificate Stores and Console

 RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and Server Certificate

 macOS Certificate Stores and Keychain Access

 Perl Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 PHP Scripts Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 Java Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 .NET Programs Communicating with HTTPS Servers

 CAcert.org - Root CA Offering Free Certificates

 PKI CA Administration - Issuing Certificates

Comodo Free Personal Certificate

 Applying Free Personal Certificate at Comodo

 Installing Comodo Personal Certificate with Firefox

Viewing Comodo Personal Certificate in Firefox

 Backing up Comodo Personal Certificate from Firefox

 Exporting Public Key Certificate from Firefox

 Installing Comodo Personal Certificate with Chrome

 Installing Comodo Personal Certificate to Windows

 Viewing Comodo Personal Certificate in Windows

 Digital Signature - Microsoft Word

 Digital Signature - OpenOffice.org 3

 S/MIME and Email Security

 PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Terminology

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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