Velocity Reviews - Certificates installation

Here's some sample code. Use Google, and you'll find a boatload of
information.

Taken from: http://pkidev.internet2.edu/rootcerts/

<html>
<head>
<title>Install CREN Root using CEnroll Active-X component and PKCS-7</title>
</head>
<body LANGUAGE="VBScript" ONLOAD="InstallCert">

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT">

Sub InstallCert

credentials =
"MIID0gYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIDwzCCA78CAQExADALBgkqhkiG9 w0BBwGgggOnMIIDozCCAoug" &
_
"AwIBAgIFBGAAAAcwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQAwdDELMAkGA1UEB hMCVVMxOjA4BgNVBAoTMUNS"
& _
"RU4vQ29ycCBmb3IgUmVzZWFyY2ggYW5kIEVkdWNhdGlvbmFsI E5ldHdvcmtpbmcxKTAnBgNV"
& _
"BAsTIEVkdWNhdGlvbiBhbmQgUmVzZWFyY2ggQ2xpZW50IENBM B4XDTk5MTExNzAwMDAwMFoX"
& _
"DTA3MTExNzAwMDAwMFowdDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxOjA4BgNVB AoTMUNSRU4vQ29ycCBmb3Ig"
& _
"UmVzZWFyY2ggYW5kIEVkdWNhdGlvbmFsIE5ldHdvcmtpbmcxK TAnBgNVBAsTIEVkdWNhdGlv"
& _
"biBhbmQgUmVzZWFyY2ggQ2xpZW50IENBMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9 w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKC"
& _
"AQEAlvjqqt68M3TOAlTvGsedC5Mo81nlNpukBd95/ZlxZiyQHZzZRN+5ytnl3fFpA9xK47rq"
& _
"fWiEenjotreOlKyvkx4FgQsloHL/ngwkn+O7ldRAgsD/1oDy/6TWIL4JvexEWXT/b116aT3Q"
& _
"OB4zF77S9+yn6KkFrroLmIU+JX6S4G8lMqEFH3tUATwoCVjYe oPtqhgzWhTf2tXQ/tjCFxb8"
& _
"pxav3scG8Adi3iZ7u0TIAq2Z5Nf0/xqfUdLNn5GCiK71kxhe7DcaBlxiHs+c3Vo/I47ow1kF"
& _
"WgkOnIwIxa1V/BOzuzgIRfI2jvhaPLqWRTiC2pWHNfgqmnUf3jQ9JwxsOQIDAQA BozwwOjAM"
& _
"BgNVHRMEBTADAQH/MB0GA1UdDgQWBBSZXFkzrbStei+68QrYZGLNXx9BeTALBgNVHQ 8EBAMC"
& _
"AAYwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQADggEBAGWz5Sxw+XZWYvkdhoM6i Zo7XtQqOy34kQsCy4qPk1Jx"
& _
"vNIth1ENReDx6v9HiA+5ZMamTr7PRzNxTloyoBMNpAK4yPS8N j/al105jlqLns4cpOOD9Rs0"
& _
"AyhSkvG8F8A6i45UHbSG6rDhH92c/s8/XzZNrHpt/DN6XNN0KCzUlDzxEjHiTtf2y88A6Fpu"
& _
"hWZlEOtLXSqykhg5RYzbUQyWMPXP2Z2mAJNFQ8kxCaTw8jzjE qqiJA+8p/M7Wg2bsyFgikst"
& _
"VIvNyXqt8izHsL3h/ZBTIFIsnFC2XYEGyLWsIXQek1KoCYUyYcUmGR2awRTrCl4tbfz IqDv+"
& _
"OvYUoFUuz8YxAA=="

On Error Resume Next
Dim Enroll

Set Enroll = CreateObject("CEnroll.CEnroll.2")
if ( (Err.Number = 438) OR (Err.Number = 429) ) Then
Err.Clear
Set Enroll = CreateObject("CEnroll.CEnroll.1")
End If
if Err.Number <> 0 then
document.write("<h2 align=center>Can't instantiate the CEnroll control:
" & Hex(err) )
Else
Call Enroll.InstallPKCS7(credentials)
If err.Number <> 0 then
document.write("<h2 align=center>Problems were detected with the CREN
root certificate download" & " error: " & Hex(err) )
Else
document.write("<h3 align=center>The CREN root certificate was
successfully installed</h3>")
End if
End If

End sub
</SCRIPT>

<br clear=all>
<p>


</BODY>
</HTML>

"Ney André de Mello Zunino" <zunino@inf.ufsc.br> wrote in message
news:2kh3d4F2c0nqU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Hello.
>
> I have a college assignment to do which deals with the installation of
> certificates on 2 web browsers, namely Internet Explorer 6 and Mozilla
> 1.7. I have started gathering information and found that there are at
> least two main ways in which this can be done:
>
> * the user downloads a certificate file as an HTTP resource, which
> causes the browser to launch its own certificate installation process;
> * the certificate provider includes script code on their website which
> does the installation behind the scenes, using each browser's API.
>
> My assignment requires me to analyse the different possibilities and also
> to describe how a certificate installation client script would work. Could
> anyone provide some tips or resources where I could learn and find more
> details about this process?
>
> Thank you,
>
> --
> Ney André de Mello Zunino