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| − | [[JGridstart|jGridstart]] is ultimately deployed by certificate authorities that want to give users an easy way to request their user certificates on their local machine. | + | {{JGridstart}}[[JGridstart|jGridstart]] is ultimately deployed by certificate authorities that want to give users an easy way to request their user certificates on their local machine. |
This page is very much a work in progress, but should provide an overview. Please contact the author if you want to deploy jGridstart. | This page is very much a work in progress, but should provide an overview. Please contact the author if you want to deploy jGridstart. | ||
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The most important features of jGridstart are: | The most important features of jGridstart are: | ||
* Graphical interface for local certificate management, with wizard for requests and renewals. | * Graphical interface for local certificate management, with wizard for requests and renewals. | ||
| − | * Supports all major platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | + | * Supports all major desktop platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux |
* Supports installation into many web browsers: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Konqueror, and more | * Supports installation into many web browsers: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Konqueror, and more | ||
* Allows import/export from/to PEM and PKCS#12 | * Allows import/export from/to PEM and PKCS#12 | ||
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* Website hosting jGridstart and a customized <tt>JNLP</tt> file. | * Website hosting jGridstart and a customized <tt>JNLP</tt> file. | ||
| − | Also see [https://github.com/wvengen/jGridstart/blob/master/README README] for more information. | + | Also see [https://github.com/wvengen/jGridstart/blob/master/README.md#jgridstart-for-certificate-authorities README] for more information. |
Latest revision as of 14:40, 3 October 2012
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</sidebar>jGridstart is ultimately deployed by certificate authorities that want to give users an easy way to request their user certificates on their local machine.
This page is very much a work in progress, but should provide an overview. Please contact the author if you want to deploy jGridstart.
jGridstart features
The most important features of jGridstart are:
- Graphical interface for local certificate management, with wizard for requests and renewals.
- Supports all major desktop platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
- Supports installation into many web browsers: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Konqueror, and more
- Allows import/export from/to PEM and PKCS#12
Requirements for certificate authority
jGridstart is currently optimised for certificate authorities that have a manual step in processing certificate requests. This means that once a request is sent by a user, he has to wait until the certificate authority manually creates his certificate, which can take a couple of days. (Although work is being done to connect to Confusa, an online certificate authority.)
The following is required to use jGridstart:
- Interface for submitting requests and retrieving issued certificates (usually a RESTful HTTP interface)
- List of registration authorities and organisations where the user can go for identity verification
- Website hosting jGridstart and a customized JNLP file.
Also see README for more information.
