Requesting SSL Certificates for Servers
As December 03, 2010, UT Austin Information Security Office began a partnership with InCommon to start delegating SSL certificate creation to authorized departmental TSCs at no added cost.
Our InCommon license entitles the university to an unlimited number of SSL certificates. Department TSC managers can be provided with a Department Registration Authority Officer (DRAO) account to manage their SSL certificates.
The TSC manager for a respective campus department can send their request for a DRAO account to [mailto:security@utexas.edu].
The request should include:
Subject: InCommon DRAO Request
- Name of the Department
- Department Code for the Department (see https://utdirect.utexas.edu/dept if you don’t know it)
- Name, EID, and e-mail of the requesting TSC Manager
Please note that if you are interested in getting an SSL certificate for a server in the austin.utexas.edu domain or other ITS-managed domains (its, cc, etc.), the procedure is to e-mail the request to [mailto:security@utexas.edu].
[update as of March 2012]
The ISO successfully worked with UT Legal Affairs and was able to complete the paperwork to obtain Extended Validation (EV) certificates for servers. More information about EV certs can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Validation_Certificate.
If you already have an InCommon DRAO request setup, you can select the EV cert option during the certificate request process.
Please note that InCommon/Comodo requires the Chief Information Security Officer to speak with them via the phone prior to approving any EV cert request. As such, the turnaround time could be a bit slower than you are normally used to.
Please feel free to send any questions you might have to [mailto:security@utexas.edu].