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SURFcertificates

Encrypted connections to your web servers

Apply for digital certificates at relatively low cost. Certificates are important for your institution's IT security: they encrypt information and can add a digital signature to e-mail, documents or software. You can also use them for authentication.
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Advantages

Cheaper certificates

Through SURFcertificates, you make unlimited use of different types of certificates for a fixed, low monthly fee.

One supplier for all certificates

Besides 'normal' TLS/SSL certificates, we offer code-signing and person certificates for authentication, e-mail and document signing. There are also IGTF/grid certificates for specific research applications.

Do you have a question about SURFcertificates? Get in touch.

Joost Gadellaa

Joost Gadellaa

certificaten-beheer@surf.nl

About SURFcertificates: IT security tool

A certificate provides encryption of communication between systems and authentication. You make large-scale use, at relatively low cost, of certificates through SURFcertificates including:

  • standard and organisation-validated server certificates,
  • personal certificates for all employees
  • grid certificates for e-science environments,
  • code-signing certificates,
  • document-signing certificates.

Certificates can be issued via a web interface, but also via an API or the ACME protocol. With this kind of automation, you reduce the management burden for certificate use. If you have any questions, you can contact the SURF administrators directly. We will be happy to help you think about automation or specific applications.

Who is SURFcertificates intended for?

You use this service as an administrator of web servers or as an IT security officer. You can easily apply for SURFcertificates online via My SURF. You can use SURFcertificates if your institution is affiliated to SURF.

More information?

Visit the SURFcertificates wiki with all the information about SURFcertificates' services.
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