From: Aron Roberts (aron@socrates.berkeley.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 20 2002 - 13:22:54 PST
Hi Glenn,
In the message "[MAGNet] Identity Certificate unknown", dated
2002-11-20, Glenn L Robertson wrote:
>This occurs when attempting to access Bear Facts or a Hotmail account. ...
>
>One of our faculty has been experiencing a situation when attempting
>to access his email via bearmail or
>
>Identity Certificate uses an unknown signature algorithm.
>
>What does this mean and how do I fix it?
It's conceivable that your faculty member might be experiencing the
problem described in an old Micronet posting, below.
If they are using an old version of Microsoft Internet Explorer
under Mac OS 8 or 9, upgrading or updating it (as described below)
may resolve this problem.
Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group
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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 10:14:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: UCLink Consulting <consult@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
To: micronet-list@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Micronet] [UCLink-Announce] IE 4.5 & Certificate Incompatibilities
Around the beginning of June 2000, the security certificates for the
UCLink and the Berkeley Internet Link (BILink) Web sites were renewed.
As a result of this change, users of certain older Web browsers for the
Macintosh (only) have been unable to access secure Web pages on these
sites. These browsers include:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.5 and earlier
- Certain America Online (AOL)-provided Web browsers
Users of these browsers encounter the error message:
"The identity certificate uses an unknown signature algorithm."
This problem resulted from a change made by VeriSign, the vendor
of the security certificates. This problem may also affect other
campus Web sites over time as they obtain or renew Web server
certificates from VeriSign.
Workarounds for affected users
------------------------------
Users who encounter this problem can resolve it with any of the
following workarounds:
- Use Netscape Navigator or Netscape Communicator, which are
not affected by the problem.
- Upgrade to Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 [or higher - Aron]
for the Macintosh, available from:
[Old, apparently obsolute URL omitted. The new URL is:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/ie/ - Aron]
- Update Internet Explorer 4.5 for the Macintosh with
Microsoft's Internet Update, available from:
[Old, apparently obsolete URL omitted;
This update is still available on the Connecting@Berkeley CD - Aron]
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