The form you are about to fill out is secured with a certificate from ipsCA. Depending on your browser, you may receive a message that the page is not trusted. You can follow the directions below to add the ipsCA certificates to your computer, or you can choose to add an exception to visit the form.
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Note on ipsCA secured websites: ipsCA provides free SSL certificates for .edu domains. As a result, some websites at Western Carolina University use them. The ipsCA root certificate expired at the end of 2009 (these certificates do expire, and it’s not innately bad). This causes the error messages "untrusted connection,” "can't verify the identity of the website" and "certificate problem” with Web browsers when you connect to a site secured by the ipsCA certificate authority. To see if your browser needs an update, visit the ipsCA site site to see if you get a certificate error. Rather than creating an exception or ignoring the certificate warnings, update your browser with the new ipsCA root certificate.
Follow the instructions below to update your browser:
Firefox on OSX or Windows:
1) Download the ipsCA certificate bundle from ipsCA
2) Check the box to "Trust this CA to identify websites" and choose OK
3) Exit Firefox and restart it for the changes to take effect
Safari on OSX:
1) Download the ipsCA certificate bundle from ipsCA
2) Open the downloaded .crt file to launch Keychain
3) Choose to add the certificate to the System keychain instead of login keychain
4) Enter your password when prompted
5) Choose "always trust" to add the new ipsCA global CA root
6) Enter your password when prompted
7) Quit the Keychain application
Safari on iPhone:
1) Download the ipsCA root certificate from ipsCA
2) Choose to install the certificate as a trusted root CA
3) Choose "Install Now" to create the profile
Internet Explorer on Windows:
Internet Explorer doesn't need a root certificate update if Windows patches are up to date.
Internet Explorer uses the certificate store of the Windows operating system. This is updated using Windows Update and choosing the
optional updates. If you have not installed the November 2009 root certificate update, you will see certificate errors when accessing a site secured with an ipsCA certificate. Use Windows Update to update your root certificates or download and install rootsupd.exe from Microsoft.
Safari on Windows:
Safari 4.0.4 and later don't need a root certificate update if Windows patches are up to date.
Safari uses the certificate store of the Windows operating system. This is updated using Windows Update and choosing the optional updates. If you have not installed the November 2009 root certificate update, you will see certificate errors when accessing a site secured with an ipsCA certificate. Use Windows Update to update your root certificates or download and install rootsupd.exe from Microsoft.
Opera on Windows:
1) Download the ipsCA root Certificate from ipsCA and save it as a file
2) In Opera, open the Tools | Preferences menu
3) Go to the advanced tab and select the security category
4) Click the "manage certificates " button
5) Click on the "authorities" tab and choose "import"
6) Browse to the file you saved and click "open"
7) Click "view" to see details of the certificate.
8) Uncheck the box labeled "warn me before using this certificate" and click "OK"
9) Click "install" to add the new ipsCA level 1 CA certificate
10) Click "OK" to confirm you want to add the new certificate
Chrome on Windows:
Chrome doesn't need a root certificate update if Windows patches are up to date.
Chrome uses the certificate store of the Windows operating system. This is updated using Windows Update and choosing the optional updates.If you have not installed the November 2009 root certificate update, you will see certificate errors when accessing a site secured with an ipsCA certificate. Use Windows Update to update your root certificates or download and install rootsupd.exe from Microsoft.