<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">It is time to renew your MIT certificates - your personal certificate expires July 30, but can be renewed now and will remain valid to July 30 2007. As you know, your certificates are the mechanism through which you can access MIT web pages and services such as Benefits, SAPweb, WebSIS, and other restricted web content.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This year the MIT CA (certificate authority) certificate must be renewed as well. The new MIT CA certificate will be valid through 8/1/2026, so this is an infrequent renewal as you can see.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Some specific instructions and pointers to useful web pages are below. Please email biocomp if you need further assistance.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Regards,</DIV><DIV>Gurukarm</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Gurukarm K. Khalsa Course 7 & Biology Dept. Web Ofc<DIV>68-132, 617-452-3683 <SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </SPAN></SPAN> MIT Dept. of Biology</DIV><DIV>gkkhalsa@mit.edu <A href="http://mit.edu/biology/www/">http://mit.edu/biology/www/</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR><B>Renewing your MIT Certificates:</B><DIV>links for certificates are here:</DIV><DIV><A href="http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/certificates/">http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/certificates/</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">If you use <B>Safari (Mac)</B>, see the instructions here:</SPAN></DIV><DIV><A href="http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=7145">http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=7145</A> </DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><B>Note:</B> depending upon your OS version and Safari version, the screenshots on this page might look a little different than your actual Keychain window. That's fine, following the directions will still work correctly.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><B>Glitch:</B> Note instruction #7, which says when you view the certificate it should say "This certificate is valid". Once the certificate is installed, view it by choosing "Certificates" in the left-hand window under Category. In the right-hand window you should see your personal certificate and the MIT Certification Authority certificate. Double click the MIT CA authority. In the window which appears, if it says "This certificate is not in the trusted root database", do this:</SPAN><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN style="">o<SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="">hide the details, </SPAN><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Courier New"">o<SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="">then click on trust settings arrow to bring down options. </SPAN><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Courier New"">o<SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="">On the very first one, "when using this certificate", choose always trust. "Always trust" will appear within each menu. </SPAN><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Courier New"">o<SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="">Quit the Keychain and then relaunch it, and the certificate will now say "This certificate is valid".</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><B>Windows users:</B> to avoid confusion about choosing which is the correct, current, certificate in IE, remove your old certificate before installing the new one. Instructions here: <A href="http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/certificates/delete.html">http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/certificates/delete.html</A>.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Don't forget that you must renew your certificates for EVERY browser on EVERY computer you use (except in the case of Athena machines, where your certificates are stored in your personal Athena locker and thus available to you on any Athena workstation.)</DIV><DIV><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV><B>Recommended browsers at MIT:</B></DIV><DIV><A href="http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/browsers/">http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/browsers/</A> </DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><B>N</B><B>ote:</B> although Firefox is not listed as a recommended browser this year, it is supported by IS&T as an alternate browser. See the website: <A href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/</A> to download the most current version. Firefox also now automatically updates itself to get latest security patches and other fixes/improvements.</SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>