You can revoke, replace, or renew any certificates you own (presuming of course, that you know the "Challenge Phrase" of the certificate, specified when you ordered it from Verisign), by going to - http://www.verisign.com/server, - clicking on the second tab, "Server ID Services", - clicking on "SEARCH" Search on your I.P. name and follow the directions. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 2/19/99, we got a note from Drew A. Terry asking if we could use Equifax instead of Verisign. I talked to David Hochauser in Hawthorne (8-863-5553) and IBM's trying to push Equifax. David gave me Jim Hollis's name, who's at qs hollis, james (=wma Washington Metropolitan Area - Gaithersburg, Manassas and Area 13 group Name External-Phone Emp Node User ID Tie-line Dept Office Hollis, James W. 1-703-392-8386 Reg IBMUSM52 JWHOLLIS 470-9884 H5RA HOME There's another CA (Certifying Authority) that we can use internally perhaps, IBM Vault, for baboon & penguin. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verisign's Customer Service phone number is (650) 429-3400. To speak to a real person (true at least on 6/7/99), select options 1,2,2. The options when calling that number are 1 - Support on Verisign Products & Services 1 - Help with Personal ID's, aka Digital Certificates for Browsers, or Class I IDs, 2 - Help with Secure Servers or Code Signing IDs for Your Organization, 1 - Check the Status of Your Digital ID at our web Site, 2 - Speak with a Real Person <------ !!!! 3 - Verisign's On Site Program. 2 - Responding to a Voice Message and Have been asked to call them, 3 - General Questions, including Corporate Sales, Security Department, Support E-mail Addressses, FAQ, & Pricing 1 - Contact Information for Corporate Sales 2 - Security Department 3 - Info on Verisign Pricing, FAQ, or Product-related Questions, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The keyfile on the AIX Lotus Notes servers is at /home/notes/notesr4/keyfile.kyr with its cooresponding stash (.sth) file. Note this is a link to the /lotus/install/notes/notesr4 directory. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When renewing the certificates (they're only good for a year), you have to wait until at least 30 days before they expire, else you can't renew them. The service anniversaries of each certificate we own are Common Name Good From Good To Previously Good To ---------------------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ www.patents.ibm.com 6/30/1998 6/25/2000 7/3/1999 www1.patents.ibm.com 6/30/1998 6/25/2000 7/3/1999 www2.patents.ibm.com 9/30/1998 9/25/1999 www3.patents.ibm.com 9/15/1998 9/16/1999 www4.patents.ibm.com 2/16/1999 9/18/1999 www5.patents.ibm.com 6/30/1999 6/30/2000 baboon.almaden.ibm.com 12/20/1998 12/21/1999 penguin.almaden.ibm.com 12/21/1998 12/22/1999