Specifications

APPENDIX C: CERTIFICATES 107
Install the Dominion SX Root Certificate
Install the Raritan root certificate in Netscape Navigator to eliminate the New Site Certificate window from
appearing whenever you access any SSL-secured Dominion SX unit.
1. Open Netscape Navigator and connect to the unit. Enter Username and Password when prompted and
log on to the unit.
2. Click on the [Configuration] button in the left panel and click on the Certificate tab. The [Activate
Default Certificate] button should be inactive, indicating that a third-party certificate has not been
installed and the Raritan default certificate is the certificate in use.
Figure 84 Viewing the Certificate
3. Click on the [View Certificate] button. The code for the Raritan certificate should appear in the
Certificate text field.
4. Select the text in the Base64 Certificate field and copy it by selecting EditÆCopy from the main
menu.
5. Open Notepad or another text editor and paste the text you have copied into the editor by selecting
EditÆPaste from the main menu.
6. Save this file using the file name of your choice, onto your desktop, making certain to save it with the
cacert extension, for example, root_certificate.cer
7. In Netscape Navigator, select EditÆPreferences from the main menu. On the left side of the
Preferences window, click on the [Navigator] button and select Applications.
8. Scroll down to the bottom of the list of file types. Look for a file type with a name similar to x509
Digital Certificate - you should not find such a listing: if you do, please skip to Step 13.
9. Click on the [New Type] button. The New Type window will appear:
Figure 85 Netscape New Type Window
a. Description of type: Enter x509 Digital Certificate
b. File extension: Enter x509