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      Latest reply on Jun 27, 2017 2:13 AM by jel888
      perlguy Level 1 Level 1 (0 points)
      perlguy Dec 15, 2016 8:04 AM

        The DoD Root CA 2 is included in "Lists of available trusted root certificates in macOS" https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202858

        and also in iOS.

         

        When I go to my keychain, it shows "This root certificate is not trusted" for this cert.

         

        Why is this and how can it be fixed?

         

        Thanks!

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        • Re: DoD Root CA 2 Not Trusted
          eskimo Apple Staff Apple Staff (11,655 points)
          eskimo Dec 16, 2016 4:16 AM (in response to perlguy)

          What do you mean by “my keychain”.  When I open Keychain Utility in a vanilla macOS 10.12, I see the DoD Root CA 2 listed in the System Roots keychain, and flagged as trusted there.

          Share and Enjoy
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            • Re: DoD Root CA 2 Not Trusted
              perlguy Level 1 Level 1 (0 points)
              perlguy Dec 16, 2016 6:14 AM (in response to eskimo)

              On my MacBook Pro and on my iMac (Both running MacOS - but have been upgraded from previous OSX versions),  when I open the Keychain Utility

               

              The "DoD Root CA 2" has a red X and says "This root certificate is not trusted".

               

              I am trying to figure out:

              1. Why it says that it is not trusted?
              2. What do I need to do to get the "trusted" version back?

               

              Thank you

                • Re: DoD Root CA 2 Not Trusted
                  eskimo Apple Staff Apple Staff (11,655 points)
                  eskimo Dec 18, 2016 2:41 PM (in response to perlguy)

                  when I open the Keychain Utility

                  The "DoD Root CA 2" has a red X and says "This root certificate is not trusted".

                  What shows up in the Keychain column for that item?

                  Share and Enjoy
                  —
                  Quinn “The Eskimo!”
                  Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware
                  let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"

                    • Re: DoD Root CA 2 Not Trusted
                      perlguy Level 1 Level 1 (0 points)
                      perlguy Dec 19, 2016 8:27 AM (in response to eskimo)

                      So, I now have 3 of the DOD Root CA-2 certificates in my keychain.  Here is what they look like...

                       

                      http://perlguy.net/DoDRootCA2_03-09-2019.png

                       

                      http://perlguy.net/DoDRootCA2_09-06-2019.png

                       

                      http://perlguy.net/DoDRootCA2_12-05-2029.png

                       

                      The latest one I downloaded & installed from a DoD site.  So, they are either not signed by a known authority, or they are untrusted.

                       

                      I really appreciate your help and hope that I can get this issue completely resolved.

                       

                      Thank you,

                      Brent

                        • Re: DoD Root CA 2 Not Trusted
                          eskimo Apple Staff Apple Staff (11,655 points)
                          eskimo Dec 19, 2016 2:25 PM (in response to perlguy)

                          So, I now have 3 of the DOD Root CA-2 certificates in my keychain.

                          Alas, you didn’t answer my earlier question: what shows up in the Keychain column for these items?

                          Share and Enjoy
                          —
                          Quinn “The Eskimo!”
                          Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware
                          let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"

                            • Re: DoD Root CA 2 Not Trusted
                              perlguy Level 1 Level 1 (0 points)
                              perlguy Dec 20, 2016 5:58 AM (in response to eskimo)

                              login

                              login

                              login

                               

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                                • Re: DoD Root CA 2 Not Trusted
                                  eskimo Apple Staff Apple Staff (11,655 points)
                                  eskimo Dec 20, 2016 1:52 PM (in response to perlguy)

                                  Yeah, something weird is going on here.  On a freshly installed macOS 10.12 machine here in my office the DoD Root CA 2 root certificate is in the System Roots keychain, where is where you’d expect to find built-in root certificates, and it’s marked as trusted.  However, my day-to-day work machine is showing exactly the same state as you’re seeing: DoD Root CA 2 is in the login keychain and is thus untrusted.  I suspect that there’s something broken in how the system roots are handled during an OS upgrade.

                                  You should file a bug about this; please post your bug number, just for the record.

                                  You should be able to work around this by dragging the DoD Root CA 2 to your System (not System Roots) keychain and then marking it as trusted, just like you’d trust any other root certificate.

                                  Share and Enjoy
                                  —
                                  Quinn “The Eskimo!”
                                  Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware
                                  let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"

                              • Re: DoD Root CA 2 Not Trusted
                                jel888 Level 1 Level 1 (0 points)
                                jel888 Jun 27, 2017 2:13 AM (in response to perlguy)

                                Hello,

                                 

                                Did you ever get this resolved?  It's 2017 and I have this issue.  I have one DoD cert that's not trusted and two unverified; what do I do to resolve this?  I have a related question and in could this be the reason I can't send an encrypted e-mail to a DoD authority (lock in grayed out in mail)?  It seems like the certificate isn't assocaited to the address (contact).