3.1 Applying for a Digi-Access™ Certificate
To obtain a Digi-Access™ Client Certificate from Digi-Sign, you need to send an email request to
support@digi-sign.com providing your (or the end users) first name, last name and email address. Digi-Sign will then send you (or to any user you requested) a Digi-Access™ invitation email message containing instructions on how to apply for a Digi-Access™ certificate and the relevant Digi-Access™ web application URL.
You will receive 3 Certificates from Digi-Sign. Save these Certificates to the desktop
(or another directory on the hard drive) of the web server machine, then:
To enable the SSL facility on your website using IIS 5.x+, a Digi-SSL™ certificate is necessary. To obtain your Digi-SSL™ certificate, a Certificate Signing Request [CSR] is required. A CSR is your server's unique "fingerprint" and is generated from your server.
The next section will explain in detail how to generate a CSR.
1.1 Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) using Microsoft IIS 5.x+
To generate keys (private and public) and Certificate Signing Request:
1.Enabling SSL communication security on IIS 5.x+ web server
1.1. Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) using Microsoft IIS 5.x+
1.2. Installing your Digi-SSL™ Certificate on Microsoft IIS 5.x+
1.2.1 Installing the Root & Intermediate Certificates
1.2.2 Installing your Digi-SSL™ Certificate
2. Enabling Client Certificate Authentication on IIS 5.x+ web server