(filename: DoD Root Certificates v 2.3 20200715.mobileconfig.*If you are are using a NDU issued Macintosh you do not need to install this profile, as your machine already has this profile installedįollow these steps to install the NDU DoD Certificate Authority Configuration Profileĭownload the configuration profile to your mac. Users can at anytime remove this configuration profile manually or the configuration profile will remove itself after 365 days from the date of installation.

The configuration profile will simply install the DoD Root and Intermediate certificate authorities on your system. Users will have to manually trust these certificates on a site-by-site, basis. Instead when user's attempt to access or network or DoD sites, they will be warned every time that the certificate being used to encrypt communications are not trusted. While highly recommend for users, it is at this time not required for access to our infrastructure of DoD resources. It will also by default automatically trust these certs when accessing DoD sites, as well as connecting to NDU's wireless network (macOS only)

NDU has created an Apple Configuration Profile for end users to install that will place the DoD's Root CA and Intermediate CA's onto your Apple device. Unlike commercial sites however, the DoD's certificate infrastructure is not by default trusted by modern day operating systems. Google, Apple, Amazon) so too does NDU and the DoD rely heavily on the use of certificates to secure communications. Just as the vast majority of commercial websites utilize public key cryptography to encrypt their websites (i.e. This article will walk you through installing or removing the NDU DoD Certificate Authority Configuration Profile.

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