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Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser that is managed by Mozilla Corporation. Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and news client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The DoD Firefox & Thunderbird Add-ons extend each of these applications to streamline and simplify your DoD and Forge.mil experiences. Visit this page for DOD Configuration tool
You need to have the proper certificates installed on your computer to watch encrypted video. Your browser must trust these DOD-issued certificates or else you may get an error or simply not see the player at all.
Sep 10, 2015 When connecting to various online services, your Mac will use certificates to validate a connection. If a certificate being used for a connection is expired or invalid, then OS X will notify you of this when attempting to use it, and offer you the choice of continuing with the connection, inspecting the certificate, or canceling the connection. Download and Install DoD Certs to a Mac. 6dod.zip to download a p7b bundle of DoD certificates. Right-click (or control + click, if right-click not enabled). DoD Class 3 PKI Download Root CA Certificate Trusting the DOD SSL Certificates - Welcome to the NPS Wiki - NPS. OPTION 2 - Download and install the DOD Root Certificates (Windows, Mac, Linux) By importing and trusting the root DOD certificates (4 of them) you will be able to use any. Re: Fed-Talk Root Cert on MacBookPro Question - Apple. Download and install the OS X Smartcard Services package The OS X Smartcard Services Package allows a Mac to read and communicate with a smart card. In order for your machine to recognize your CAC certificates and DoD websites as trusted, the installer will load the DoD CA certificates on OS X. Download the latest DoD root certificates here: DoD RootCerts file (CAC required). Open the Keychain Access application if it's not already running. Drag certificates in the folder to the login section of the Keychain Access.
Step 1.
Download and run the proper certificates
Step 2.
You want to install the 3 certificates highlighted below
Step 2.
A popup like this below should appear when you select each of the following certificates.
- If popup unavailable perform the following:
- Restart Firefox
- Tools>Options>Advanced>Certificates>View Certificates ->Authorities
- Adjust certificate settings to trust DOD CA-2, DOD CA-27, and DOD CA-28
You want to check 'Trust this CA to identify websites'
Press ok when checked
Please do this for all 3 certificates
Step 3.
In order for the certificates to be applied, you need to clear out the cached web content on your browser.
Mac Instructions
Dod Cac Certificates
With Firefox being selected in Finder:
- Click Firefox in the upper left-hand corner
- Click Preferences
- Click Advanced Tab
- Press Network under the Advanced Tab
- Under Cached Web Content, press Clear Now.
- Shut down Firefox and reopen it
PC Instructions
In the Firefox Menu Bar:
- Click Tools
- Click Options
- Click Advanced Tab
- Under Advanced Tab click the Network Tab
- Under Cached Web Content click Clear Now
- Press Ok
- Shut down Firefox and reopen it
Dod Cert Download
You should be able to view encrypted video streams that use SSL certificates issued by the Department of Defense now.