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This seems to work for new certificates only. How can I renew existing certificates with Firefox under Windows 10?
I spent the better half of this day trying to renew three existing certificates. Firefox ignored the “install the new certificate in browser” request and only offered to download the certificate, however without the private key 🙁
Thanks for clarification!
Best regards,
Hans.
Hello Hans,
To renew, I went to the “normal” CAcert account at cacert.org -> Client Certificates -> Show and renewed them there earlier this year (but on a Linux Computer). Does this work for you as well?
Best regards
Etienne