Currrently no new digital IDs (certificates) for email can be issued and no ACME IDs can be managed.

The company Sectigo, from which we last obtained our certificates, has terminated its cooperation with the European research networks and prematurely stopped issuing certificates on 2025-01-10. Although a new provider has already been found in HARICA, it will still take some time before the relevant mechanisms are implemented at HARICA and in our IT portal.

Server IDs (without ACME) are already available again.
PDF IDs and smartcard/eToken certificates are not affected at all.

We expect to be able to offer digital IDs for e-mail again (with restrictions) within the next few days.

Digital IDs for various purposes

The following guides describe how you can request and use digital IDs (certificates) for various purposes:

Electronically sign emails
Login to WWW without password

The email signatures created with these digital IDs are automatically recognized worldwide by all modern email software as valid and the signed emails as genuine.

These digital IDs can be issued for natural persons as well as for groups or functions.

The same digital IDs can also be used to log in to the university's central single sign-on without a password.

Electronically sign PDF documents

The PDF signatures created with these digital IDs should be automatically recognized as valid and the signed documents as authentic by all administrative offices within the University of Münster.

These digital IDs are issued exclusively for natural persons.

Secure servers with TLS

The servers secured with these digital IDs are automatically recognized as genuine worldwide by all modern client software, especially WWW browsers.

Participate in Grid Computing

With these digital IDs, you can participate in global scientific grid computing, in which many powerful computers are linked to form a virtual supercomputer.

These digital IDs are issued exclusively for natural persons.

Electronically sign software

With these digital IDs, you can electronically sign self-developed software (Microsoft Office macros, Java JARs) so that it is recognized as trustworthy by the corresponding operating systems.

These digital IDs are issued exclusively for the university/academy as a legal entity and can therefore only be requested by employees with financial responsibility, and require mandatory crypto hardware.

Login with smartcard or cryptotoken

Mit diesen digitalen ID auf einer Smartcard oder einem Kryptotoken können Sie sich an Windows-Rechnern in einer Active-Directory-Domäne anmelden.

Further guides for special situations

These instructions describe situations that are not covered in the instructions above.