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HOWTO: Make startssl.com ssl authentication work under google chromium on Linux

This is really just a tutorial on importing a client certificate into chromium via the shared nss database. The real magic is knowing chromium reads a sqlite database under ~/.pki/nssdb for it’s key and certificate storage. pk12util can be installed via the nss-tools package on Fedora or the libnss3-tools package on Debian/*buntu.

$ pk12util -d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb -i ~/STARTCOM.p12
Enter password for PKCS12 file:
pk12util: PKCS12 IMPORT SUCCESSFUL

 

Could someone who has a windows installation clue me in via a comment on the best way to do this? Also, could anyone test this on google chrome?

After installing that certificate, startssl login works

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5 Responses

  1. Wrench Menu -> Preferences -> Under the Hood -> HTTPS/SSL -> Manage Certificates -> Import?

  2. On Windows, Chrome uses the Windows 'My' certificate store, so just double-click a .p12 file, or use certmgr.exe (with /s my as destination).

  3. @Peter: *facepalm*, the startcom website said that chrome didn’t support it. I’ll have to let them know that is woefully inaccurate.



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