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Key pair generation function: Private Key and CSR for Windows based platforms

Updated on June 20, 2022

This article describes how to generate a key pair (private key and a CSR) in-order to effectively order certain certificates.

Products that require key generation

Organisation Validated Code Signing Certificates
Personal Authentication Certificates
Corporate Secure Email Certificates

Browser-based certificate key generation will create a keypair and then use the public key to create a certificate signing request (CSR). The key is then stored in the browser keystore to facilitate the resulting certificate installation.

note: Microsoft Edge application will be used to leverage “Internet Explorer (IE) mode”.

Microsoft Edge supports the following in Internet Explorer (IE) mode.

All document modes and enterprise modes
ActiveX controls (such as Java or Silverlight). Note: Silverlight reaches end of support on October 12, 2021.
Browser Helper Objects
Internet Explorer settings and group policies that affect security zone settings and Protected Mode
F12 developer tools for IE, when launched with IEChooser.exe
Microsoft Edge extensions (Extensions that interact with the IE page content directly are not supported.)

Internet Explorer (IE) mode

Open Microsoft Edge on Windows 10
Click the Settings and More (ellipsis) button on the top-right corner
Select the Settings option

Click on Default browser.
Under the “Internet Explorer compatibility” section, turn on the “Allow sites to be reloaded in Internet Explorer mode” toggle switch.

Click on the restart button to enable “Internet Explorer compatibility mode”

You can manage URL’s by added them to the “Internet Explorer mode pages” section

Alternatively, once this function has been set within Microsoft Edge web browser

Open the link in Microsoft Edge
Right click on the tab
Select, “Reload tab in Internet Explorer mode”

For the enrolment and collection link to be successful

ensure these 2 elements are enabled when using Microsoft Edge.
Use “Internet Explorer (IE) mode” by selecting the old IE 11 icon, shown on the screenshot above.

Additional Information
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/edge-ie-mode
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/deployedge/edge-ie-mode-site-list-manager