Knowledge Base

This article describes how to generate a key pair (private key and a CSR) in-order to effectively order certain certificates.

Products that require key generation

• Organisation Validated Code Signing Certificates
• Personal Authentication Certificates
• Corporate Secure Email Certificates

Browser-based certificate key generation will create a keypair and then use the public key to create a certificate signing request (CSR). The key is then stored in the browser keystore to facilitate the resulting certificate installation.

note: Microsoft Edge application will be used to leverage “Internet Explorer (IE) mode”.

Microsoft Edge supports the following in Internet Explorer (IE) mode.

• All document modes and enterprise modes
• ActiveX controls (such as Java or Silverlight). Note: Silverlight reaches end of support on October 12, 2021.
• Browser Helper Objects
• Internet Explorer settings and group policies that affect security zone settings and Protected Mode
• F12 developer tools for IE, when launched with IEChooser.exe
• Microsoft Edge extensions (Extensions that interact with the IE page content directly are not supported.)

Internet Explorer (IE) mode

• Open Microsoft Edge on Windows 10
• Click the Settings and More (ellipsis) button on the top-right corner
• Select the Settings option

 

• Click on Default browser.
• Under the “Internet Explorer compatibility” section, turn on the “Allow sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode” toggle switch.

 

• Click on the restart button to enable “Internet Explorer compatibility mode”

 

• You can manage URL’s by added them to the “Internet Explorer mode pages” section

Alternatively, once this function has been set within Microsoft Edge web browser

• Open the link in Microsoft Edge
• Right click on the tab
• Select, “Reload tab in Internet Explorer mode”

For the enrolment and collection link to be successful

• ensure these 2 elements are enabled when using Microsoft Edge. 
• Use “Internet Explorer (IE) mode” by selecting the old IE 11 icon, shown on the screenshot above.

Additional Information
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/edge-ie-mode
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/deployedge/edge-ie-mode-site-list-manager