Root Certificate

Rose-Hulman has its own root certificates. Installing these root certificates will enable your computer to trust any security certificates created by Rose-Hulman.

Installing the Root Certificates under Windows XP using Internet Explorer

  • First install the root certificate for Rose-Hulman
  • Click rhit-rootca.crt (Alternate format for Mac: rhit-rootca.cer)
  • Click Open
  • When the Certificate window opens, click Install Certificate...
  • Click Next->Next->Finish->OK->OK
  • Now install the root certificate for the Rose-Hulman Windows domain (rose-hulman.edu)
  • Click Rose-Hulman.cer
  • Click Open
  • When the Certificate window opens, click Install Certificate...
  • Click Next->Next->Finish->OK->OK

Root Certificate Fingerprints

These fingerprints allow you to verify the above certificates. To view a certificate's fingerprint, click on one of the above links, click Open -> Details, then scroll down to Thumbprint. The fingerprint will be displayed in the lower half of the window.

rhit-rootca.crt SHA1 Fingerprint = 53:70:01:CC:95:4A:6B:E1:74:05:4F:25:E1:22:B8:E1:24:76:9E:A7

Rose-Hulman.cer SHA1 Fingerprint = 0f:44:eb:21:9e:b9:65:1c:66:ec:15:aa:bd:23:a7:b7:fa:1c:34:9b