Time to Renew Your MIT Personal Certificates
June 10, 2009
Certificates are your key to secure web services at MIT – including ECAT, SAPweb and SAPweb Self Service, and WebSIS. Personal certificates expire by default each July 31, and renewal is not automatic. Personal certificates obtained starting June 2009 are good until July 31, 2010.
Before you renew your certificate, check to see that your web browser is up to date. IS&T supports the following:
- Windows: Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) or Firefox 3.0.x
- Macintosh: Safari 3.x or Firefox 3.0.x
- Linux 4.7 and 5.3: Firefox 3.0.x
- Athena: Firefox 3.0.x
It is important that you apply all critical operating system and web browser updates. For instructions on how to do this automatically, go to the Software Patches and OS Updates page. You’ll also need to set your browser to accept cookies to get a new personal certificate.
Mobile Devices
MIT certificates may also be installed on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, and on Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices.
Installing Your Personal Certificate
To get a new certificate, go to the Certificates at MIT web page and click the Get MIT Personal Certificate link. If you’d like instructions to step you through, go to the Getting Started section on the Certificates at MIT web page and select the link for the browser or mobile device you use.
If you use multiple machines, you will need to get a new certificate for each browser on each machine.
