allanb Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I have been using the on-line tax service at impots.gouv.fr, with a certificate created when I was using Firefox as my browser. I'd like to change to Safari, which I use as my browser for most things (I have a Mac). When I use Safari to go to the tax website, it says "there is no certificate in this browser". Does anyone know if there is a way of making the existing certificate available to Safari, to avoid having to cancel it and set up a new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 In Firefox, go to "tools", then "options", then "advanced", then select "encryption", then "view certificates".You can then back up the certificate to a file. Then you import the certificate into Safari.RegardsPickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanb Posted August 6, 2010 Author Share Posted August 6, 2010 Thank you. However, although I've made a copy of the certificate, I can't find any way of importing it into Safari.The Safari "help" file contains no reference to this under either "import" or "certificate". Can you point me in the right direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Aha! With a Mac, apparently you have to use the "Keychain Access application" which is actually part of the Mac operating system, not the browser. Try the Mac OS help files or google "safari browser certificate import".RegardsPickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanb Posted August 6, 2010 Author Share Posted August 6, 2010 No luck. The "keychain access" procedure gives me a message: An error has occurred. Unable to import an item.The contents of this item cannot be retrieved.Doesn't look good, does it? I think I'd better stay with Firefox.Thanks for trying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikep Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 I recently changed my computer, and couldn't get my head round transferring the certificate - so I just cancelled the old one (on the old machine) and asked for a new one on the new machine. Easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 [quote user="allanb"]I have been using the on-line tax service at impots.gouv.fr, with a certificate created when I was using Firefox as my browser. I'd like to change to Safari, which I use as my browser for most things (I have a Mac). When I use Safari to go to the tax website, it says "there is no certificate in this browser". Does anyone know if there is a way of making the existing certificate available to Safari, to avoid having to cancel it and set up a new one? [/quote] Just a heads up - posting on this forum is much easier with Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanb Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 [quote user="Russethouse"] Just a heads up - posting on this forum is much easier with Firefox.[/quote]Thanks - I had forgotten that. I remember getting weird results in Safari when trying to quote from another post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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