Mobile certs

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Revision as of 09:42, 7 Jul 2011

The iPhone supports client authentication using a certificate. This will enable you to log onto a website that requires a certificate for access. Installing the grid certificate on your iPhone is very easy. Below are the steps in order to install a digital certificate onto an iPhone.

1. Transfer the end User Digital Certificate that contains a public and private key, usually in the form of a .p12 or .pfx file, onto the iPhone. This can be done by
   • Attaching the certificate to an email and sending the cert to yourself. It can even be a web-based email service (e.g. yahoo, hotmail, etc.) that you log into using a browser on the iPhone.
   • Uploading the certificate to the cloud (e.g. Dropbox) and then accessing the file through the cloud storage provider's app.
2. Open the .p12 or .pfx certificate file using your iPhone. This can be done by simply selecting the file. This will start the process to install the certificate as a new profile on your iPhone.
   There will be 5 screens you must progress through.
   1. 'Install'.
   2. 'Install Now'.
   3. Enter 4-digit passcode for your iPhone.
   4. Enter password for your grid certificate.
   5. 'Done'.

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Once installed it should be listed under 'Configuration Profiles' in
Settings -> General -> Profiles

Voila!! You should now be able to utilise your grid certificate to view secure webpages on your iPhone.
Test it by entering the url of a secure webpage into the browser address bar.

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