10.4: Use the Certificate Authority to create certificates

Jun 06, '05 09:41:00AM

Contributed by: Dennis Groves

Tiger only hintYou no longer need to go get a free Thawte certificate or go anyplace else to get one -- Keychain Access now has a Certificate Assistant that will generate a self signed certificate for you!

Open Keychain Access (in /Applications -> Utilities), and in the Keychain Access menu, select Certificate Assistant (it's the fourth choice). Click it, follow the on screen directions. You can now encrypt and sign your email -- encryption requires your email recipient's public key.

[robg adds: This hint was also submitted at nearly the same time by boredzo, who pointed out the assisant's capabilities:

We don't usually run menu-item hints, but since this one's hiding in the app's menu, and many people seem interested in encryption, etc., I thought it worth sharing.]

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