So, you want to run Google Chrome (or Chromium), but you're annoyed by incomplete support for SSL client certificate authentication. As of Chrome 6, this is mostly complete, with the exception of some GUI on the Linux side. If you are running a previous version, you should update, as there were a number of issues (specifically a certificate filtering bug on Mac OS X, and some missing UI) that affect usage at MIT.
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While not strictly necessary for client authentication, most MIT users will want to add the MIT CA to the list of trusted CAs. You may also want the CSAIL CA (specifically, the Master CA). On Windows or Mac OS X, downloading the file and opening it should be sufficient. If you've already configured this for Internet Explorer or Safari, respectively, you may skip this step; Chromium uses the system certificate store.
+While not strictly necessary for client authentication, most MIT users will want to add the MIT CA to the list of trusted CAs. You may also want the CSAIL CA (specifically, the Master CA). On Windows or Mac OS X, downloading the file and opening it should be sufficient. If you've already configured this for Internet Explorer or Safari, respectively, you may skip this step; Chrome uses the system certificate store.
+ +On Linux, however, Mozilla Firefox uses a private certificate store instead of the system NSS one. There is no system interface for adding certificates, but recent versions of Chrome provide one. Download the MIT or CSAIL CA linked above. Then goto Preferences | Under the Hood | Manage Certificates. Under the Authorities tab, press Import... and select the certificate you just downloaded.
-On Linux, however, Mozilla Firefox uses a private certificate store instead of the system NSS one. There is no system interface for adding certificates, and Chromium has not implemented certificate manager on Linux yet. You may star Chromium bug #19991 to be informed of progress. In the meantime, you may use the NSS command-line tools to manage your certificates. If you're running Ubuntu or Debian, install the package libnss3-tools. To trust the MIT CA for SSL, download the file and run
+You can also use the NSS command-line tools to manage your certificates. If you're running Ubuntu or Debian, install the package libnss3-tools. To trust the MIT CA for SSL, download the file and run
certutil -d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb -A -t "C,," -n "MIT CA" -i path/to/mitca.crtFor more information, visit Google's page on Linux certificate management and Mozilla's documentation on certutil.
+For more information, see Mozilla's documentation on certutil.
As of Chrome 6, the standard workflows should work without workarounds. Visit the usual usual web interface and follow the instructions to install certs normally. Note that, until Chrome 7, there is not yet any UI feedback for the enrollment. It should, however, work. You can check your work with this demo page. If everything is working, it should welcome you by name, and tell you that a certificate for your username is installed.
+As of Chrome 7, the standard workflows should work without workarounds. Visit the usual web interface and follow the instructions to install certs normally. You can check your work with this demo page. If everything is working, it should welcome you by name, and tell you that a certificate for your username is installed.
While NSS does allow you to configure your certificate store to use smart cards or protected by a password, Chromium does not support this yet. Star bug #42073 to receive updates.
+While NSS does allow you to configure your certificate store to use smart cards or protected by a password, Chrome does not support this yet. Star bug #42073 to receive updates.