Nelson B. Bolyard wrote:
> Victor Probo wrote:
>
>>I was trying to load a key encipherment(20) certificate I obtained from a
>>LDAP server. [snip]
>>
>
>>As to loading it into the Mozilla store; that is a puzzle. I downloaded the
>>cert and stored it as a .cer file. I then attempted to open it using the
This was after the simple processing failed. I selected a random record.
Clicking on the v-card logo gives a pop-up of:
"You have chosen to download a file of type "Business Card file"
[text/x-vcard] from
https://ds-web.c3pki.chamb.disa.mil/dsgw/bin/
[X] Open using mozilla.exe
[ ] Save this file
[v] Always ask...
selecting the 'open' option just started an infinite loop of
popup-browser-popup-...
That is why I tried the .cer approach...
>>file open option of the file menu. The file was recognized as a "Security
>>Certificate" [app/pkix-cert] and wanted to open with 'CERFile'. This is the
>>Windows displayer for certs. It installs into the ie structure. What
>>application should I use to install it into the Mozilla structure.
>>
>
> Communicator and mozilla recognize 3 MIME types for downloading certs, as
> explained in
>
> http://home.netscape.com/eng/security/comm4-cert-download.html#communicator
>
This document shows that the [text/x-vcard] won't load. That may keep
some operation allowing only 4.7x version for the foreseeable future.
> These mime types were intended for http or https servers to use to download
> the certs directly into the browser. That works with both Communicator
> and mozilla/N6, AFAIK.
>
> With Communicator, you can associate file name extensions with each of those
> 3 mime types, and then use file:/// URLs to load certs with the appropriate
> file name extensions into Communicator. That should also work with mozilla,
> but I don't know if it actually does or not (you could try it and let us
> know.)
>
> http://home.netscape.com/eng/security/comm4-cert-download.html also explains
> the different data/file formats that are acceptable to Communicator and PSM
> (mozilla/N6) for downloading certs and cert chains.
>
> --
> Nelson Bolyard
> Disclaimer: I speak for myself, not for Netscape
>
Victor Probo
