Certificate management
Certificates enable users to digitally sign documents and e-mails and to send confidential information in encrypted form. The basis for issuing a certificate is an identity check, which is carried out at the TU Dresden by authorized persons on campus or centrally by employees of the Service Desk in presence or as a video identification procedure. User certificates and certificates for function logins (group certificates) can be obtained and revoked via the "User/function certificates" tab. Server certificates (TLS certificates) are used to encrypt connections on the Internet, e.g. between a user's browser and the web server that provides a website, and thus protect sensitive data. Furthermore, TLS certificates serve as confirmation of the authenticity of a web server with which communication is taking place. Server certificates can be requested via the web form or via ACME. Certificates are provided by the certificate authority "SECTIGO" which replace our previous CA "DFN-PKI".
Protection level according to the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) This service is permitted up to the protection level shown below. You can find further information on the respective page or in the provided document. Protection level: high
Prerequisites valid ZIH login
Subject to charges no
Further information for this service (e.g. a manual or other instructions) is available.