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certificate along with the mimicked certificate to the client application. That way, as long as
the intermediate certificate is signed by a root certificate authority that the client application
trusts, the application will trust the mimicked server certificate, too. You might want to upload
an intermediate certificate if your organization uses its own root certificate authority, but does
not want to upload the root certificate to the Web Security appliance for security reasons.
the intermediate certificate is signed by a root certificate authority that the client application
trusts, the application will trust the mimicked server certificate, too. You might want to upload
an intermediate certificate if your organization uses its own root certificate authority, but does
not want to upload the root certificate to the Web Security appliance for security reasons.
Figure 10-5 on page 194 shows an example error message when a users sends an HTTPS
request through Netscape Navigator.
request through Netscape Navigator.
Figure 10-5 Unknown Certificate Authority Error Message
Typically, users can view the certificate and use the information in the certificate to choose
whether or not to allow the secure connection with this website. In Figure 10-5, you can view
the certificate contents by clicking Examine Certificate.
whether or not to allow the secure connection with this website. In Figure 10-5, you can view
the certificate contents by clicking Examine Certificate.
Figure 10-6 on page 195 shows an example root certificate issued by the appliance.