How to Import the Sun Certificates With Netscape 4.7 Tools

The following procedure removes the existing GTE CyberTrust Root CA before importing the Sun certificates into your certificate store. You will add the GTE CyberTrust Root CA back when you import the chain of Sun certificates into your certificate store.

Use this procedure with Netscape Communicator 4.7.

1. If necessary, start Netscape Communicator.

2. Access the Security Info page in one of the following ways:

   • Click the Security button on your Netscape browser (the small lock in the lower left corner).

   • Click the Security button in the Navigator toolbar.

   • From the Communicator menu, choose Tools->Security Info.

3. Select Signers under Certificates on the Security Info pop-up window.

4. Select GTE CyberTrust Root CA, and click the Delete button.

5. Click OK in the Delete pop-up window.

6. Click OK in the Signers window.

7. Import the Sun certificates into Netscape Communicator.

   1. Go the following site to import the Sun certificates:

      https://ra.sun.com:11005

   2. Select the Retrieval tab at the top of the page.

   3. Select Import CA Certificate Chain in the left panel, and if it is not already selected, click the radio button next to Import the CA Certificate Chain Into Your Browser.

   4. Click Submit.

   5. Click Next on the pop-up windows that lead you through the import process until you get to a panel that has three checkboxes for accepting the certificate for network sites, email users, and software developers.

   6. Check all three boxes, then click Next.

   7. Continue clicking Next until you get to a panel with a Name text field.

   8. Type GTE CyberTrust Root CA in the Name text field.

   9. Click Finish.

8. Verify that the certificates have been successfully imported.

   1. Access the Netscape Security Info page in one of the following ways:

      • Click the Security button on your Netscape browser (the small lock in the lower left corner).

      • Click the Security button in the Navigator toolbar.

      • From the Communicator menu, choose Tools->Security Info.

   2. Select Signers under Certificates on the Security Info pop-up window.

   3. Scroll down until you see the GTE CyberTrust Root entry, and the SunPKI certificates: Sun Microsystems Inc CA (Class B) - Sun Microsystems Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc Root CA - GTE Corporation entries.

9. You can verify that the Sun certificates are imported by viewing the Sun Microsystems certificates in the output of this command:

   # signtool -L

10. Go to the next procedure to certify the Sun certificates that you just imported.