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configure the proxy to generate these symbolic links. If you do not specify a
Trusted CA path, or the Trusted CA path is not accessible to the proxy, the
proxy uses the default path name /config/bigconfig/ssl.crt/.
Note that each certificate file should contain only one certificate. This is
because only the first certificate in the file is used.
To specify the Trusted CA file and Trusted CA path using
the Configuration utility
1. In the navigation pane, click Proxies.
2. Click the Add button.
3. In the boxes Client Trusted CA File and Client Trusted CA Path,
or Server Trusted CA File and Server Trusted CA Path, either
select the name of a Trusted CAs file and path from the box, or type
the name of a Trusted CA file or path.
4. If you want to ensure that each certificate has a link to its
corresponding file, check the Generate Symbolic Links for Client
Trusted CAs Path check box.
5. Click Done.
To specify the Trusted CA file and Trusted CA path from
the command line
To specify the Trusted CA file and Trusted CA path from the command line,
type the bigpipe proxy command, using the appropriate arguments, as
follows:
b proxy <ip>:<service> [clientssl] ca file <clientside CA file name>
b proxy <ip>:<service> [clientssl] ca path <clientside CA path name>
b proxy <ip>:<service> serverssl ca file <serverside CA file name>
b proxy <ip>:<service> serverssl ca path <serverside CA path name>
Advertising a Trusted CA list
If you intend to configure the SSL proxy to require or request client
certificates for authentication, you usually want the proxy to send to clients
a list of CAs that the server is likely to trust. Although modern browsers
automatically limit the user’s selection of trusted CAs based on the proxy’s
configured list of trusted CAs, older browser versions may not have this
capability.
The list of advertised trusted CAs can be different from the actual Trusted
CA file configured as part of certificate verification.
To configure the proxy to send this list, you can specify a PEM-formatted
certificate file that contains one or more CAs that a server trusts for client
authentication. If no certificate file is specified, no list of trusted CAs is sent
to a client.
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