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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Contents
CAcert: what, why, how
Account
Problems and Questions about the CAcert Registration Process
How To Change Your Name in your account
How To Change Your Date of Birth in your account
Arbitration
Assurance
Assurance Details: How can I get CAcert Assurance Points (APs) ?
Assurance Handbook (Individuals)
Assurer Challenge Test
New TTP-assisted-assurance program
(obsolete: Assurance by TTP-assisted-assurance, Assurance Information For TTP, and TTP Availability)
Thawte points to be revoked - New points counting (Thawte patch)
Certificate
Suggested Key Sizes for the future
Certificate chain and its construction algorithm checking whether it is trusted
How can I import the root certificate? See Import Root Cert, Browser Clients, and e-Mail Clients
I cannot renew my certificate - Certificate icons used by Windows and file suffixes (Problem #3)
You don't have a Domain name but still want a Server Cert? and How The Ping Test Works
CAcert Roots in one package, valid at September 04, 2015: CAcert_chain.pem, contains roots:
- Class1 Root, signing algorithm MD-5, serial number 000000
fingerprint SHA1 = 13:5C:EC:36:F4:9C:B8:E9:3B:1A:B2:70:CD:80:88:46:76:CE:8F:33
- Class3 Root, signing algorithm SHA256, serial number 0A418A
fingerprint SHA1 = AD:7C:3F:64:FC:44:39:FE:F4:E9:0B:E8:F4:7C:6C:FA:8A:AD:FD:CE
- Class1 Root, signing algorithm MD-5, serial number 000000
- Where can I find the root certificate in a format that is suitable to append it to /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt?
new: cacert-bundle.crt;
( obsolete: cacert-boundle.crt)
What is a CSR ? and Generating a Certificate Request
Where can I find out more info about Class 3 and chained certificates ? see FAQ/TechnicalQuestions
Getting your PGP key signed by CAcert
Cryptographic hardware Help and Howtos
Others
Getting Support and Help!
Decision Numbers (e.g. what m20070825.3 means)
CAcert servers' IPv6 support (at the date 20160418)
Glossary & Abbreviations (1), Glossary & Abbreviations (2), and Glossary & Abbreviations (Validation)