Frequently Asked Questions
General Questions:
A1: What is the
digital certificate?
A2: What is a private key?
A3: What is
Certificate Authority? What is CA certificate and how to import CA
Certificate?
A4: What is CRL (certificate revocation list)?
How to import CRL?
A5: What is HKU Grid CA?
A6: How to contact HKU Grid CA?
Request/Re-Key Certificate Questions:
B1: What is Request procedure?
B2: What is Re-key Procedure?
B3: How to generate Certificate Sign Request(CSR) through browser
for User Certificate?
B4: How to create an encrypted key and a decrypted private key?
B5: How to generate Certificate Sign Request(CSR) through OpenSSL
for Host Certificate?
B6: How to install User Certificate onto the browser?
B7: How to export the User Certificate from the browser (Obtain
PKCS#12
file)?
B8: How to use the User Certificate
PKCS#12
file for Grid computing?
B9: How to download the Host Certificate
and load it into the host?
B10: How to get the CRIN Pin?
Revoke Certificate Questions:
C1: How to Revoke User/Host Certificate?
Certificate Usage Questions:
D1: If the Pass Phrase is forgotten,
what should be done, how it can be reset?
D2: What should I do if I missed my certificate ?
D3: How to modify my registered information ?
D4: How to check the expiration date of the user/host certificate?
What is the valid period of the certificates?
D5: How to convert a certificate from and
to different format?
D6: How to check the details of a RSA private key, certificate
signing request, and certificate?