Get Certificates

Using CertAid (Recommended)

IS&T strongly recommends using CertAid to configure your certificates for Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Safari. It manages the entire certificate setup procedure, giving you a more reliable installation experience. The setup procedure includes installing the MIT CA as well as your personal certificate, optionally deleting old certificates, and setting the correct identity preferences via a single, graphical application.

CertAid does not run on mobile devices (i.e., Safari)
If you have not changed your password in the last year, you will need to do so before you can get certificates. Certaid will give you an error saying you're not logged in if you need to update your password.

Windows

Mac OS X

Without CertAid

  1. Go to MIT's certificate server website to get the certificates.
    Landing page for certificate server website.
  2. Enter your Kerberos username, password, and MIT ID, then click Next.
  3. The next page will have settings related to the security key. Leave the default values and click Next.
    Second page of MIT's certificate website
  4. The certificate will be installed by the browser.
    • If on Chrome, a bar at the top of the page will appear saying "Successfully stored client certificate issued by Massachusetts Institute of Technology". This means that the personal certificate from MIT has been installed in your browser.
    • If on Firefox, a popup saying "Your personal certificate has been installed" will appear. Click OK to continue.
  5. Click on the link where the website says "Click to install the MIT Certificate Authority". This will download file called "mitca.crt".
    Third page of MIT's certificate website
  6. Click on the downloaded file. This will open a window. Click Import to complete the certificate setup.

http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/istcontrib/Certificates+Landing+Page