Digital Certificate for Outlook 2007 Email encryption and signing

[David F]

I used to use a Verisign digitial ID certificate which cost $20 per year for
email encryption over the Internet and for signing. When I try to install a
digital ID certificate in Outlook 2007 it only mentions two providers which
cost about $350 per year. Am I missing something or how do I get a simple
$20/year digital ID certificate? Below are the two Outlook 2007 providers:
TIA

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/EY010504841033.aspx (Help
Page)
http://www.intellisafe.com/microsoft.htm
http://www.avocosecure.com/html_pages/products/products.html

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

What happens if you use the Import option to import your Verisign digital cert?

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After furious head scratching, David F asked:

| I used to use a Verisign digitial ID certificate which cost $20 per
| year for email encryption over the Internet and for signing. When I
| try to install a digital ID certificate in Outlook 2007 it only
| mentions two providers which cost about $350 per year. Am I missing
| something or how do I get a simple $20/year digital ID certificate?
| Below are the two Outlook 2007 providers: TIA
|
| http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/EY010504841033.aspx
| (Help Page)
| http://www.intellisafe.com/microsoft.htm
| http://www.avocosecure.com/html_pages/products/products.html

 

[David F]

The certificate has expired. I had tried it with Office 2007 Beta and I
could not get it to work.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
What happens if you use the Import option to import your Verisign digital
cert?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, David F asked:

| I used to use a Verisign digitial ID certificate which cost $20 per
| year for email encryption over the Internet and for signing. When I
| try to install a digital ID certificate in Outlook 2007 it only
| mentions two providers which cost about $350 per year. Am I missing
| something or how do I get a simple $20/year digital ID certificate?
| Below are the two Outlook 2007 providers: TIA
|
| http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/EY010504841033.aspx
| (Help Page)
| http://www.intellisafe.com/microsoft.htm
| http://www.avocosecure.com/html_pages/products/products.html

 

[Paul Adare]

I used to use a Verisign digitial ID certificate which cost $20 per year for
email encryption over the Internet and for signing. When I try to install a
digital ID certificate in Outlook 2007 it only mentions two providers which
cost about $350 per year. Am I missing something or how do I get a simple
$20/year digital ID certificate? Below are the two Outlook 2007 providers:
TIA

Those are simply certificates from companies that have paid to be included
in the list of providers. Any X.509 certificate with the Secure Email OID
can be used with Outlook.

 

[David F]

Thank you. I tried Verisign and their latest instructions are for Outlook
2000!
They do not work for Outlook 2007.

Do you know a more up-to-date X.509 Certificate provider? TIA

 

[Brian Komar]

It really has not changed that much, to be honest.
It really is just getting the right certificate ordered (name in Subject
alternate name or subject matches your email address).
Outlook should just see it afterwards.

For Outlook 2007, if you buy the Verisign certificate, there is not much
else to configure.
Did you consider searching Outlook 2007 help for "get a digital ID"?
Brian

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Have you tried Thawte?

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After furious head scratching, David F asked:

| Thank you. I tried Verisign and their latest instructions are for
| Outlook 2000!
| They do not work for Outlook 2007.
|
| Do you know a more up-to-date X.509 Certificate provider? TIA
|
| || On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 19:33:01 -0400, David F wrote:
||
||| I used to use a Verisign digitial ID certificate which cost $20 per
||| year for
||| email encryption over the Internet and for signing. When I try to
||| install a
||| digital ID certificate in Outlook 2007 it only mentions two
||| providers which
||| cost about $350 per year. Am I missing something or how do I get a
||| simple
||| $20/year digital ID certificate? Below are the two Outlook 2007
||| providers:
||| TIA
||
|| Those are simply certificates from companies that have paid to be
|| included in the list of providers. Any X.509 certificate with the
|| Secure Email OID can be used with Outlook.
||
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|| Paul Adare
|| MVP - Virtual Machines
|| http://www.identit.ca
|| The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard.