First select the type of certificate that you want to apply tabrequest by clicking on the tab at the top.
SSL Certificates (today we would TLS Certificates must say) are on are for servers.
Grid Certificates are intended for both servers , but also and clients who participate in the global e-Science Grid; In the past it was mostly about high-energy physics, but nowadays increasingly sciences where big-data is worked and for which many claim to be using it.
Client Certificates can at the moment can be obtained in the Portal. We're still working on a self-service facility for end coupled to SURFconext as we were accustomed to in recent years with the Comodo service via https://mijncertificaat.surfnet.nl/ .via CertCentral. We are working on the integration of SAML in the Digicert portal.
Code Signing Certificates Signing to sign software (or objects); That can go on Java but also .dll files, drivers and so on.
Document Signing is about the for signing of documents on behalf of an organization. If a person with his own name a document (in PDF) will sign it uses a Client Certificate. A Document Signing certificate is like an Extended Validation Code Signing certificate put on a FIPS 140-2 token. It is possible é é n Aladdin eToken Pro 72K to combine the two certificates (Doc Sign and EV Codesign). The old 'blue stickje' with the SURFnet logo was a eToken Pro 3 2K; that is not useful for Document Signing.There is a set of screenshots available on request and install a Document Signing certificate. Ask if desired to meet scs-ra@surfnet.nl.