Certificates

Introduction

The NGS is free to use for academics in the UK.
If you wish to join the NGS as an individual user, you will first require a personal certificate. These can be obtained from the UK Certification Authority (CA), who issue certificates to anyone in the UK e-Science community. These certificates are trusted not just by the NGS but by Grids all over the world.

A certificate is a way of identifying you to remote computers. It is simply a way of letting a resource know you are who you say you are (i.e. authenticate yourself). A Certificate can best be imagined as a “Digital Passport” which cannot be forged.

Apply for a certificate Renew your certificate Taking care of your certificate Backing up your certificate Deleting your old certificate from your browser Importing a certificate into a browser Advanced certificate management Revoke your certificate Finding an RA CA news CA policy CA certificates CA Certificate Statistics International Grid Trust Federation

Important!

NEVER allow anyone else access to your Internet Browser. This will give them access to your certificate.

NEVER give anyone your certificate. Always keep it safe.

If you feel that any of the above happened to you, you should get your certificate revoked and apply for a new one.