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My web browser says a certificate could not be verified when I try to access a Martinos web page over https. Can I fix this?

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My web browser says a certificate could not be verified when I try to access a Martinos web page over https. Can I fix this?

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You need to download the Martinos Center Certificate Authority and install it in your web browser. On Windows, do this by clicking the following URL in the Internet Explorer Web browser. http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/nmrca.crt A dialog should pop up. Choose View Certificate Authority. Click the two check boxes and Accept. Enter anything you want for a certificate password. If this is your laptop alone, just leave it blank. I don’t really understand the need for this. It is annoying as you will be asked for it each time you make a connection to our secure site. Various versions of Firefox handle this differently, but the concept is the same. For more info, see this Firefox Knowledge Base article. On Mac OX, click on the same link above in Safari. Nothing much will happen on the browser screen but the certificate should get downloaded to your download area, often your home directory, your Documents directory or your Desktop. Double click on the nmrca.crt icon and the Keychain utility sh

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