PKI Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v2.20, by Dr. Herong Yang
OUtdated: Viewing Digital ID Created by MS Word
This section provides a tutorial example on how to view the digital ID created by MS Word. It is really a self-signed certificate of an auto-generated private-public key pair.
After going through previous tutorials, I think this what MS Word really did for John:
1. When John clicks "Add a Digital Signature", MS Word tried to find a certificate with private key in the "Personal" certificate store on John's Windows system.
2. But John's "Personal" certificate store is empty. So MS Word decided to ask John to create a digital ID.
3. After John submitted the "Create a Digital ID" form, MS Word generated a private-public key pair and a self-signed certificate for John. The certificate with the key pair was inserted into the "Personal" certificate store.
4. MS Word then generated a digital signature for John's document with the private key.
To confirm #3, John can run "Start > Control Panel > Internet Options". If he goes to "Content" tab and clicks "Certificates" button, he can see his new self-signed certificate listed on the "Personal" tab.
If John double clicks the certificate, he can see that his certificate has an X icon on it with these messages on the "General" tab:
This CA root certificate is not trusted. To enable trust, install this certificate in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store. Issued to: John Smith Issued by: John Smith You have a private key that corresponds to this certificate.
See the picture below:
Table of Contents
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 IE (Internet Explorer)
Android 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
Digital Signature - Microsoft Word
Digital Signature - OpenOffice.org 3
PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Terminology
Outdated: Viewing Server Certificate in Chrome 40
Outdated: Viewing Server Certificate in Firefox 35
Outdated: Viewing Pre-Installed Certificates in Firefox 35
Outdated: Firefox 35 Displaying Certificate Error Page
Outdated: Adding Security Exception in Firefox 35
Outdated: Windows XP Component "Update Root Certificates"
Outdated: Creating Certificates Console on Windows XP
Outdated: Applying Digital Signatures with Word 2007
OutDated: Creating a Digital ID and Sign Word Documents
►OUtdated: Viewing Digital ID Created by MS Word
Outdated: Obtaining a Trial Digital ID from ARX CoSign
Outdated: Viewing Digital ID Obtained from ARX CoSign
Outdated: Windows XP Component - Removing "Update Root Certificates"
Outdated: IE 8 Displaying Certificate Error Page
Outdated: IE 8 Displaying Certificate Error Icon
Outdated: Viewing Certificate Path Validation Error in IE 8