New Digital Certificates for Wireless LANs Eduroam and Uni-Mainz

On October 28, 2022, new digital certificates for wireless LANs eduroam and Uni-Mainz activated.

What does that mean for you ?

For you, not much changes. The new digital certificate will be either - depending on the operating system or device - accepted automatically, or you must confirm upon request that you accept te certificate. Some devices display the name, others a so-called fingerprint of the digital certificate.

The new certificate for the  Wireless LANs for reconciliation

The correct certificate is issued for the server radius.zdv.uni-mainz.de and contains the following information for adjustment, of which only just a part is displayed (againg dependent on the operating system or device):

CN= radius.zdv.uni-mainz.de

O= Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

L= Mainz

S= Rhineland-Palatinate

C= DE

With fingerprint: ae bc 5d d0 ee 25 02 d1 14 e5 8e 77 45 a4 64 b7 37 73 b9 69

What are digital certificates?

A digital certificate is proof of authenticity that certifies the identityof a computer or organization. You can compare it with a real-life identity card. Due to legal framework conditins and to prevent misuse, we are obligated to renew te certificates reguarly for these services.



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