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If you don't already have a digital certificate:
go to https://certificates.security.utexas.edu/
Choose UT austin from the list and click select to get started and use your @austin.utexas.edu address
go to https://stache.security.utexas.edu/login_primary.jsp and download your mail encryption key (download P12). Use your EID and EID password to log in
The page with your encryption key has a password. you will need that password to import it into your keychain.
Double click the downloaded key file something.P12
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- At this step for Acrobat Pro XI running on Windows 7 the following had to be done to add the University's signing certificate to the list of trusted certificates. If you don't do this step then Acrobat reader will always says UT signing certificates are invalid because the certifying certificate is not trusted.
- In the same window where you did the previous step, double-click on the user's listed certificate in the right pane
- In the window that appears you will see a tree of signing certificates in the left pane. Just above the botton branch where the user's certificate is listed, a parent certificate named "The University of Texas at Austin" is listed. Click that certificate to bring up its options in the right pane.
- Click the "Trust" tab and then click the button labeled "Add to Trusted Certificates..."
- Accept the default trust options of just trusting it for signing and certifying documents
- Click OK to accept all changes
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Click Edit Trust just above that area that looks like pencil. click checkmarks in all the boxes and click ok. You should be ready to do digital signatures now.
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- Ensure Adobe Acrobat/Reader is installed on the target computer.
- Download this exported certificate file. This is the UT Austin intermediate certificate used to generate all UT Austin employee digital certificates.
- Double click the exported certificate and Adobe Acrobat/Reader should automatically launch on the computer. In the window that appears click the "Set Contact Trust..." button.
- You will be presented with a Window to trust the certificate. Check off all options as shown in the following screenshot:
- Done. Restart Adobe Acrobat/Reader to put the change into effect. Now when you verify the UT employee digital certificate used to sign a document it should show up as valid.
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