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InCommon
Certificate Service

One annual fee for unlimited server and public certificates.

Predictable: Unlimited certificates for a fixed annual fee takes the guesswork out of budgeting (and Internet2 members receive a 25% discount).

Community Driven: TLS server and IGTF grid computing server certificates designed for Higher Education and Research Organizations. S/MIME and EV Code Signing certificates are also available for purchase.

Be a hero: With our one fixed-fee structure, you have the flexibility to distribute TLS server and IGTF grid computing certificates broadly across your institution without per-certificate costs. This allows you to offer valuable, self-serve resources to schools and departments at no additional charge, which your decentralized IT Admins will love!

Easy to manage: Using the CertiNext Certificate Lifecycle Manager (CLM) makes it easy to request, install, revoke, and report on certificates in your organization.

Automate certificates: Get ready for 47-day certificate renewals! Automation saves you time and can pay off when you need to make quick changes.

Meet Our Platform Provider, CertiNext: CertiNext, powered by eMudhra, is the certificate service provider behind InCommon’s SSL/TLS and S/MIME certificate offerings — bringing globally trusted, ACME-enabled certificate management to higher education and research institutions across the United States. Learn more in the Quick Links below.

Additional Product Offerings

Product	Description
“Basic” (Mailbox validated) S/MIME certificates	A bundle of 10 publicly trusted, email-address-validated user certificates. Current validity period: 1 year (365 days) These user/client certs are only used for email and client auth. In the interim, S/MIME certificates will continue to be issued from Sectigo roots (via CERTInext) as the trust root. This will ensure uninterrupted compatibility and a seamless trust chain across all existing email environments.
EV Code Signing certificate	One publicly trusted, extended validation code signing certificate. Current validity period: 1 year (365 days)

Product

Description

“Basic” (Mailbox validated) S/MIME certificates

A bundle of 10 publicly trusted, email-address-validated user certificates.
Current validity period: 1 year (365 days)
These user/client certs are only used for email and client auth.
In the interim, S/MIME certificates will continue to be issued from Sectigo roots (via CERTInext) as the trust root. This will ensure uninterrupted compatibility and a seamless trust chain across all existing email environments.

EV Code Signing certificate

One publicly trusted, extended validation code signing certificate.
Current validity period: 1 year (365 days)

How to order:

Orders must be placed by an account Administrator.

Send a request to purchase add-on certificate types to help@incommon.org.
The InCommon team will provide the requester with a web form to submit your organization’s order.
InCommon will send a purchasing quote. Your organization admins will need to approve and sign off (via DocuSign).
InCommon will provide a notification once provisioning is complete to the administrators for your account.
Your organization’s administrators will then allocate the certificates to the appropriate location within your CertiNext Account.
InCommon will issue the invoice to your account billing contact.