4.1.4. Procedure – Configuring X.509 certificate based authentication (Windows)

Purpose: 

For authentication based on X.509 certificates the certificate and the private key of the user has to be deployed onto the workstation. Import the certificate of the user into their personal certificate store. This can be accomplished most easily through the Internet Explorer:

Steps: 

1. Start Internet Explorer from the Start menu or from a command prompt by running iexplore.exe.

2. From the Tools menu select Internet Options.

3. On the Contents tab click on Certificates.

   

   Figure 17. The certificates of the user

4. The certificates of the user are displayed on the Personal tab. Click Import.

   

   Figure 18. The certificates of the user

   Note
   Hardware keys and tokens (for example,: Aladdin) having a suitable driver for Windows are also displayed in this store and can be used from the Authentication Agent.

5. Import the certificate using the Certificate Import Wizard.