Telia have patched a security hole in their Net ID software so I decided to download the new version and try to install it.
I’ve never managed to get Net ID working in Linux, due to Telia only supporting Ubuntu 10.04 and a very old version of Firefox. For this embarassing reason (for Telia), I have been forced to use a virtual machine with Windows XP whenever I had to identify myself…
With the latest software update I was hoping that they would have corrected the previous problems. I downloaded the file iidsetup_64.tar.gz with the x64 version and after extracting it I installed it as root:
Net iD 5.7.1.15
Copyright SecMaker AB
All users installation
Plugin directory: '/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins'
Plugin directory: '/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins'
Plugin directory: '/usr/lib/firefox/plugins'
Installation started
Create user local config directory
Create installation directories
Create directory /etc/iid
Create directory ''
Copy files
Copy resources
Archive: portal.zip
creating: /etc/iid/admin/assets/
inflating: ...
<snip>
Create symbolic links
Copy configuration
Set configuration
Copy plugin
Install plugin '/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins'
Install plugin '/usr/lib/firefox/plugins'
Set install directory
Set special configuration
Install extensions
Install Watch
Installation successful
NOTE:
Open '/etc/iid/pkcs11.html' in your FireFox/Mozilla/Netscape
browser and follow the instruction to register Net iD for the
browser.
Open '/etc/iid/admin/index.html' in your FireFox/Mozilla/Netscape
browser to administrate Net iD.
Should installation try to start Firefox now [Y/n]?
This is where the problems started…
Firefox opened up a page saying Net ID pkcs#11 module is unknown:
Unfortunately none of the buttons work, so Net ID won’t completely install.
Searching for a solution I stumbled upon this site, which gives a brief explanation to the problem and a workaround!
Manually installing Net ID as a Security Device:
- Open up Firefox
- Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Encryption -> Security Devices.
- Unload any non-working Net ID entries you may have.
- Load the new one by giving it the name Net ID and give the path to the file libiidp11.so (/usr/lib/libiidp11.so on my system).
- After this, all systems are go!
You can use the local link file:///etc/iid/admin/index.html to manage your installed certificates.
Go here to test your installation.
Hi, I cannot find the driver for NetID, as the Telia website seems down…
Where can I find this driver?
NetID is abandoned. I use mobilt BankID instead, which is actually quite convenient.