Certificate management (Apply for user certificates and server certificates)

Certificates enable users to digitally sign documents and e-mails and to send confidential information in encrypted form. The requisite for issuing a personal certificate is an identity check, which is carried out at TU Dresden by authorized persons on campus or centrally by employees of the Service Desk in presence, or in exceptional situations as a video identification procedure.

Attention: Our provider "SECTIGO" has cancelled our contract with short notice. Since January 10 2025 we cannot issue any new certificates until a new certificate provider has been established.

User certificates and certificates for function logins (group certificates) can be obtained and revoked via the "User/function certificates" tab.

Server certificates (TLS certificates) are used to encrypt connections on the Internet, e.g. between a user's browser and the web server that provides a website, and thus protect sensitive data. Furthermore, TLS certificates serve as confirmation of the authenticity of a web server with which communication is taking place. Server certificates can be requested via the web form or via ACME.

Certificates are provided by the certificate authority "SECTIGO".