1. http://www.verisign.com/authentication/digital-id/index.html
$19.95 per year (60 day free trial)
2. cick Microsoft Internet Explorer (if you use Microsoft Outlook)
Don't use Firefox or Safari
Microsoft Outlook Express:
Select Accounts from the Tools menu, then the Mail tab.
Select your Mail account, click the Properties button, select the Security tab.
Check the box "Use a digital ID when sending secure messages from", then click
the Digital ID button.
Select the certificate you want to use to digitally sign your e-mail.
Outlook 98 and 2000:
In the Tools menu select Options, then the Security tab
Click "Add digital signature to outgoing messages", click the "Change Settings"
button
On the next screen click the "Choose..." button. Select the Digital ID you want
to use for signing e-mail in Outlook.
Sending secure messages
As more people send confidential information by e-mail, it is increasingly
important to be sure that documents sent in e-mail are not forged, and to be
certain that messages you send cannot be intercepted and read by anyone other
than your intended recipient.
By using "digital IDs" with Outlook Express, you can prove your identity in
electronic transactions in a way similar to showing your driver's license when
you cash a check. You can also a digital ID to encrypt messages, keeping them
private. Digital IDs incorporate the S/MIME specification for secure electronic
mail.
How do digital IDs work?
A digital ID is composed of a "public key," a "private key," and a "digital
signature." When you digitally sign your messages, you are adding your digital
signature and public key to the message. The combination of a digital signature
and public key is called a "certificate." With Outlook Express, you can specify
a certificate to be used by others to send encrypted messages to you. This
certificate can be different from your signing certificate.
Recipients can use your digital signature to verify your identity; they can use
your public key to send you encrypted mail that only you can read by using your
private key. To send encrypted messages, your address book must contain digital
IDs for the recipients. That way, you can use their public keys to encrypt the
messages. When a recipient gets an encrypted message, their private key is used
to decrypt the message for reading.
Before you can start sending digitally signed messages, you must obtain a
digital ID. If you are sending encrypted messages, your address book must
contain a digital ID for each recipient.
Where do you get digital IDs?
Digital IDs are issued by independent certification authorities. When you apply
for a digital ID at a certification authority's Web site, they verify your
identity before issuing an ID. There are different classes of digital IDs, each
certifying to a different level of trustworthiness. For more information, use
the Help at the certification authority's Web site.
How do you verify a digital signature?
With "revocation checking," you can verify the validity of a digitally signed
message. When you make such a check, Outlook Express requests information on the
digital ID from the appropriate certification authority. The certification
authority sends back information on the status of the digital ID, including
whether the ID has been revoked. Certification authorities keep track of
certificates that have been revoked due to loss or termination.
To obtain a digital ID and add it to your mail account
To send digitally signed messages, you must first obtain a digital ID. Outlook
Express automatically adds your digital ID to your mail account when you send
your first digitally signed message.
Obtain a digital ID from a certification authority.
Go to Microsoft Outlook Express Digital ID Web site for links that will take you
to a certification authority to obtain a digital ID.
In a new message window, on the Tools menu, click Digitally Sign.
Compose and send your message.
When you send the message, Outlook Express searches your computer for a valid
digital ID with the same e-mail address and then adds the ID to your mail
account. If more than one valid digital ID is found, you must choose which ID to
add to your mail account.
Tips
To use a digital ID, the e-mail address of your digital ID must match the e-mail
address of your mail account. If you have multiple mail accounts, you will need
a separate digital ID for each account you want to send secure mail from.
If you have set up a different reply address (on the General tab of your account
properties dialog box), message recipients won't be able to use your ID to reply
with encrypted mail. When sending secure mail, your reply address must be the
same as the account you send digitally signed mail from.
To send a digitally signed and/or encrypted message
Digitally signed e-mail allows an e-mail recipient to verify your identity.
Encrypting an e-mail message prevents other people from reading it when it is in
transit.
Compose a message.
To digitally sign a message, on the Tools menu, click Digitally Sign.
To encrypt the message, on the Tools menu, click Encrypt.
Note
You must have a digital ID to digitally sign or encrypt mail. If you do not have
one, Outlook Express will ask if you want to get one.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/where-to-get-your-digital-id-HA001054782.aspx?redir=0
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/?CTT=5&origin=HA001054782
serivces
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/CE001095531.aspx
http://www.emailprivacy.info/digital_signatures
http://www.verisign.com/authentication/digital-id/index.html
$19.95 per year (60 day free trial)
Click free trial for now
2. check email
You should receive an e-mail from the Digital ID Center within the hour at the
e-mail address you entered in the enrollment form. It will contain instructions
for installing the Digital ID.
**If you enrolled for the VeriSign Class 1 Digital ID referred to in the subject
of this e-mail message, please complete the installation instructions below.**
THREE STEP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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To assure that someone else cannot obtain a Digital ID that contains your
name and e-mail address, you must retrieve your Digital ID from
our secure web site using a unique Personal Identification
Number (PIN).
Be sure to follow these steps, using the same computer you used to
begin the process.
1. Copy your Digital ID PIN
Your Digital ID PIN is: 64fadbe722c36dff59b7698ea377fad2
2. Go to VeriSign's secure Digital ID Center at https://digitalid.verisign.com/enrollment/nspickup.htm
3. Paste (or enter) your Digital ID PIN, then select the Submit button to
install
your Digital ID.
That's all there is to it! If you have any questions about your VeriSign Class 1
Digital ID, please see our FAQs on our website at www.verisign.com or e-mail us
at: id-support@verisign.com. We appreciate your business!
VeriSign Customer Support
E-mail: ID-support@verisign.com
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INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: International customers may be able to
obtain local service and support from a VeriSign Affiliate.
Please visit http://www.verisign.com/international/class1.html.
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Then check your email again
Dear VeriSign Digital ID Holder:
Thank you for obtaining a 60-Day Trial Digital ID from VeriSign! Your Digital ID
provides you with the ability to digitally sign and encrypt your messages to
ensure security over the Internet.
To learn more about using your Digital ID to secure your e-mail messages, please
visit our Knowledge Base at https://knowledge.verisign.com/support/digital-id-support/index.html.
There you will find simple, step-by-step instructions on how to get started.
Description
You will receive an email from VeriSign with instructions for picking up your
Digital ID.
1. Copy (CTRL +C) your PIN from the e-mail.
2. Follow the URL link to the pick up page.
3. Paste (CTRL+V) the PIN into the field on the pickup page.
4. Click the 'Submit' button to proceed.
Note: You must use Microsoft Internet Explorer to go to the pickup page so that
Microsoft Outlook can locate the Digital ID installed in the browser.
Install the Digital ID:
1. Click Tools > Accounts.
2. Click on the Mail tab then click Properties.
3. Under General, you should see your name and email address. Click on the
Security tab.
4. You will see a box called Certificate. If empty, click Select.
5. Choose your certificate by highlighting it and then click OK. The hash
algorithm should state SHA-1.
6. Repeat the same procedure for Encryption Preferences; however make sure the
box next to Encryption algorithm states 3DES.
7. Click OK.
Send a Signed Message:
1. Open a new message.
2. Click Tools > Digitally Sign.
3. Complete and send the message.
To read digitally signed and/or encrypted messages
You can read digitally signed and/or encrypted messages like any other message.
Outlook Express displays a help screen the first time you open or preview a
digitally signed message and/or an encrypted message.
If you receive a secure message that has a problem, such as the message was
tampered with or the digital ID of the sender is expired, you will see a
security warning that details the problems before you are allowed to view the
contents of the message. Based on the information in the warning, you can decide
whether to view the message.
After you send a digitally signed message to a contact, you can read an
encrypted message from them the same way you read a regular message.
Note
When you receive a digitally signed message, the sender's digital ID will be
automatically added to your address book if you don't already have it.