New digital certificates for the wireless LANs eduroam and Uni-Mainz were activated on November 24.
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
S= Rhineland-Palatinate
C= DE
With fingerprint: 58 8c fd 20 66 4b d9 92 bb a6 23 53 06 1a 3c 94 d8 92 c5 18
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.
More news from the Data Center → may be found here.
The Data Center operates two campus-wide wireless LANs in accordance with the 802.11a/b/g/n standard: one with the network name (SSID) Uni-Mainz and one with the network name 
