The University of Waterloo has selected GlobalSign to provide personal S/MIME client certificates. These certificates are used to sign and/or encrypt emails.
How to request a S/MIME certificate
To request an S/MIME Certificate for your University of Waterloo email address, visit the self-service GlobalSign Client Certificate request page and fill in the required fields below:
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The certificate must be issued to the same email you are sending from. If the certificate was issued to your friendly email (e.g. firstname.lastname@uwaterloo.ca), please enter it into the Full Email Address field, otherwise you can enter your 8-character username @uwaterloo.ca (e.g. j25rober@uwaterloo.ca). |
How to download a S/MIME certificate
When your request has been approved, you will receive an email to pickup your certificate. You will also receive a link to start the certificate download and installation process.
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3. After the certificate password is created, you can follow the link provided on the webpage to download the certificate.
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