A personal certificate makes it possible to sign documents digitally and to sign and send encrypted emails.
 

Prerequisite

The basis for issuing a certificate is an identity check. It is possible to check the current status of your identity in the profile section in the self-service portal. An outstanding identity check can be carried out at TU Dresden by authorized persons on campus or centrally by Service Desk employees. During the opening hours of the Service Desk, you can come to the Service Desk with a valid ID document.

Publication

All personal certificates are automatically provided in the global address book of Exchange and LDAP directory of the DFN-PKI so that the exchange of encrypted emails is possible. Further information can be found in the FAQ on email encryption.

Notes

 

Request in the Self-Service Portal

  1. Access the certificate management in the self-service portal.

    https://selfservice.tu-dresden.de/services/certificate-management/
     
  2. Select the "Manage user certificates" tab.
     
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    Certificate management in the self-service portal 

     
  3. Select "Request certificate".
     
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    Certificate management

     
  4. Enter a password for the certificate and then click on "Request certificate".
     
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    Requesting the certificate

     
  5. Your certificate will be created. Wait until the process is complete. Do not close the browser window.
     
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    Creation of the certificate

     
  6. Once the process has been successfully completed, you can download the certificate by clicking on "Download certificate". 
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    Downloading the certificate

     

  7. Give the downloaded certificate file a meaningful name (e.g. persZert_FirstNameLastName_Date[YYYYMMDD] / persZert_MariaMustermann_20240424.p12) and save this file to your home drive.

  8. Please install the certificate in the certificate store or keychain.
    This is done for the respective operating systems in the following FAQ. 
     

  9. How to integrate the certificate into a mail client.

  10. How to integrate the certificate into a pdf reader.