Here are instructions for various browsers.
Updating The Security Certificate For Your Web Browser
While browsing university web sites, you may encounter a situation when
accessing a valid web site where you get a warning about the security
certificate not being from a trusted certificate source. Different
browsers will present this information to you in different wording:
* Firefox:
"Unable to verify the identity of
sitename as a trusted site."
* Internet Explorer:
"The security certificate was issued by
a company you have not chosen to trust. View the certificate to
determine whether you want to trust the certifying authority."
* Safari:
"The certificate for this website was
signed by an unknown certifying authority. You might be connecting to a
website that is pretending to be sitename which could put your
confidential information at risk."
There are three ways to handle this situation. You can choose not to
proceed, but won't access the site. You can choose to ignore this
message (with or without verifying the certificate details) and click
Continue to access the site, or create an exception. If you do decide
to do this, make sure you do verify the certificate is a valid one
before continuing, else you leave yourself open to malicious tampering
from a rogue web site. It is poor security practice to simply click
"Ok" or "Yes" without verifying the content of the security certificate.
Updating Internet Explorer 7 on a Windows computer
1. Delete the old security certificate (if any):
* Launch
Internet Explorer
* Click Tools
then Internet Options
* On the
Internet Options window, select the Content tab and click the
Certificates button
* On the
Certificates window, click on the Trusted Root Certification
Authorities tab; you should see a list of issuing certificate
authorities and the corresponding certificates
* Scroll through
the list to search for The University of Georgia and
webwork.math.uga.edu
* If found,
click to select it, then click the Remove button
* Click Yes
* Click Yes
2. Get new root security certificate:
* Type in the URL
* Click Continue
to this website
* Click the Red
box that says Certificate Error
* Click View
Certificate
* Click Install
Certificate
* Click Next
* In the
Certificate Store window, select the Place all certificates in the
following store, then click the Browse button
* Select Trusted
Root Certification Authorities
* Click OK
* Click Next
* Click Finish
* Click Yes in
the You are about to install a certificate window
* Click OK in
the Import successful window
* Click OK in
the Certificate window to finish
Updating Firefox 2.x and 3.x on a Windows computer
1. Delete the old security certificate (if any):
* Select Tools
-> Options -> Advanced -> Encryption -> View Certificates
* Click both the
websites or Authorities tab
* Search for The
University of Georgia and webwork.math.uga.edu
* If found,
click Delete
* Click OK in
the Delete Certificates window
* Close and
reopen your browser
2. Get new root security certificate:
* Go to the URL
* Click Accept
this certificate permanently
* Click OK
Updating Safari 2.x and 3.x on a Macintosh computer
1. Delete root security certificate (if any):
* in
applications then utilities click Keychain Access
* find
math.uga.edu and delete it
2. Get new root security certificate:
* Go to the URL
* Click the show
certificate button
* click the
triangle next to Trust
* choose always
trust when using this certificate
* click continue
- this installs the certificate on your computer into your Keychain
Access
Updating Firefox 2.x and 3.x on a Macintosh computer
1. Delete the old security certificate (if any):
* Select Firefox
-> Preferences -> Advanced -> Encryption -> View
Certificates button
* In the
Certificate Manager window, click on the Authorities tab
* Search for The
University of Georgia and webwork.math.uga.edu
* If found,
click Delete, then OK in the Certificate Manager window
2. Get new root security certificate:
* Go to the URL
* Click the
install the Certificate link or add an exception link
* Click add an
exception
* Click Get
Certificate
* Check
Permanently store this exception
* Click Confirm
Security Exception