Certificates

About the service

Digital certificates are provided to the AGH employees for the purpose of carrying out the University's statutory activities.

The IT Solutions Centre assists in acquiring the following:

  • personal certificates (S/MIME), which allow to digitally sign electronic corespondence (e-mail messages) and encrypt it in order to protect itsc contents;
  • server certificates (SSL/TLS), which allow to confirm the authenticity of the server and encrypt the connection between browser and server;
  • qualified electronic signature certificates (e-Signature), which allow to sign digital documents (e.g., PDF, Excel, Word files) that require such verification before being sent to, for example, external entities. Digitally signed documents are legally binding as physical documents signed by hand.

Available to

employees and other entities

Support

IT Helpdesk

Connected services

AGH e-mail, LDAP, UNIX accounts

How to apply

In order to obtain a certificate, please download the correct application form:

Fill out the form, print it out, sign it (both yourself and the Head of your Department), and send a scan or a picture of the document to ithelp@agh.edu.pl.

 

  • Qualified electronic signature

The procedure of applying for an e-Signature is set by the AGH Chancellor's announcement no. 20/2018. Before submitting the application form, please read the aforementioned document (the link is only available from within the AGH network or via AGH VPN). Read more: Applying for and installing the electronic signature.

User guides

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

To receive a certificate, you must send a scanned copy of a filled out and signed S/MIME certificate application form to ithelp@agh.edu.pl.

In order to sign and encrypt your mail, you must be using a mailing client. You can find more information about setting up your certificate and using it in the user guide: Mail encryption in Thunderbird.

To obtain a server certificate, you must send a scanned copy of a filled out and signed TLS certificate application form to ithelp@agh.edu.pl.

The procedure of applying for a qualified electronic signature is available on the Bursar's Office website: Qualified signature.

You can log in to LDAP after creating your password in the Database of AGH Employees and Students. Read more: Database of AGH Employees and Students password.