SSL Certificates Download Page
Note on ipsCA secured websites:
ipsCA provides free SSL certificates for .edu domains. As a
result, some websites at N.C. State University use them. The
ipsCA root certificate expired 12/29/2009. This causes the
"Untrusted Connection", "can't verify the identity of the website" and
"Certificate Problem" errors with web browsers when you connect to a
site secured by the ipsCA certificate authority. SSL Certificates
do expire, this is not a bad thing. To see if your browser needs
an update visit the ipsCA site
to see if you get a certificate error. Rather than creating an
exception or ignoring the certificate warnings, update your browser
with the new ipsCA root certificate.
Follow the instructions below to update your browser:
Firefox on OS X or Windows: 
1) Download the ipsCA Certificate bundle
from ipsCA.
2) Check the box to "Trust this CA to identify websites" and
choose OK.
3) Exit Firefox and restart it for the changes
to take affect.
Safari on
OS X:
1) Download the ipsCA Certificate bundle from ipsCA.
2) Open the downloaded .crt file to launch
Keychain.
3) Choose to Add the certificate to the System keychain instead of login
keychain.
4) Enter your password when prompted.
5) Choose "Always Trust" to add the new ipsCA
Global CA Root.
6) Enter your password when prompted.
7) Quit the Keychain application
Safari on iPhone:
1) Download the ipsCA root Certificate
from ipsCA
2) Choose to install the certificate as a
trusted root CA.
3) Choose "Install Now" to create the profile.
Internet Explorer on Windows:
Internet Explorer doesn't need a root
certificate
update if Windows patches are up to date.
Internet Explorer uses the certificate
store of the Windows operating system.
This is updated using Windows Update and choosing the
optional updates. If you have not installed the November 2009
root certificate
update, you will see certificate errors when accessing a site
secured
with an ipsCA certificate. Use Windows Update to update your root
certificates or download and install
rootsupd.exe
from Microsoft.
Safari on Windows:
Safari 4.0.4 and later don't need a
root certificate
update if Windows patches are up to date.
Safari uses the certificate store of
the Windows operating system. This is updated using Windows
Update and choosing the optional updates.
If you have not installed the November 2009 root certificate update,
you will see certificate errors when accessing a site secured with an
ipsCA certificate. Use Windows Update to update your root
certificates or download and install
rootsupd.exe
from Microsoft.
Opera on Windows:
1) Download the ipsCA root Certificate
from ipsCA
and save it as a file.
2) In Opera, open the Tools |
Preferences... menu.
3) Go to the Advanced Tab and select the
Security category.
4) Click the "Manage Certificates..."
button.
5) Click on the "Authorities" tab and
choose "Import..."
6) Browse to the file you saved and
click "Open".
7) Click "View" to see details of the
certificate.
8) Uncheck the box labeled "Warn me
before using this certificate" and click "OK"
9) Click "Install" to add the new ipsCA Level 1 CA
certificate.
10) Click "OK" to confirm you want to add the new
certificate.
Chrome on Windows:
Chrome doesn't need a
root certificate
update if Windows patches are up to date.
Chrome uses the certificate store of
the Windows operating system. This is updated using Windows
Update and choosing the optional updates.
If you have not installed the November 2009 root certificate update,
you will see certificate errors when accessing a site secured with an
ipsCA certificate. Use Windows Update to update your root
certificates or download and install
rootsupd.exe
from Microsoft.
SSL Certificates are used in many applications as a means of
verifying
the identity or authenticity of a program, user or machine. The use
most
people see is in verifying the identity of web servers for secure
(https)
sessions.
NCSU has a campus CA certificate.
The old ITD certificate is here.
Both the certificates listed above are valid and used for NCSU
operated websites.