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Figure P Click Next, then click Browse, then browse to and select the CA certificate you copied to this computer ( Figure Q ).

For an SSL certificate to work properly, the entity that issued the certificate (also known as a certificate authority) must also be trusted by the web browser, which involves installing the issuer certificate so the browser knows that issuer is valid and reliable.

However, if you use an untrusted internal certificate authority to generate SSL certificates for internal resources, you will be nagged by your browser when you attempt to connect.

The Chrome web browser will show something similar to Figure A.

Figure B The Firefox browser will display content resembling Figure C.

You can configure your system(s) to trust all certificates from a certificate authority by installing that systems SSL certificate as a trusted root certificate authority.

That way, Chrome and Firefox will never prompt you again about accessing any site with a certificate from that CA.

Note: This article focuses on these two third-party browsers; a future article will cover Internet ExplorerMicrosoft Edge.

Steps listed here are accurate at the time of this writing, but future versions of these browsers may involve different menu options.

If your CA runs Windows, follow the steps below.

If not, youll need to research the details for your particular operating system.) Go to Control Panel and open the Administrative Tools folder.

Figure E Right-click the server and choose Properties ( Figure F ).

Figure F.

Specify the filename (c:CAcertificate.cer, for instance) and click Next, then click Finish.

Adding the CA certificates as a trusted root authority to Chrome If youre using Active Directory, your best best is to use Group Policy so all systems in your organization will trust certificates from the CA.

Chrome will trust the certificate if deployed in this manner.

Utilizing Group Policy to configure Windows systems to trust your CA Copy the certificate to your domain controller.

Figure J Right-click your domain and choose Create A GPO In This Domain And Link It Here.

Provide a name for the Group Policy Object, such as CA Certificate, and click OK ( Figure K ).

Figure L Right-click Trusted Root Certification Authorities and choose Import.

Click Next. Click Browse, then browse to and select the CA certificate you copied to this computer.

You should now see the certificate shown in the right-hand field ( Figure M ).

Figure M If youre not running Active Directory in your organization, you cant leverage Group Policy, but you can manually add the CA certificate on a host to trust the related SSL certificates.

Note that you can add the certificate in Chrome, but its advisable to add it in Windows itself, since that will cover other apps that might connect to the website.

Ing A Certificate On Google Chrome For Readynas Os 6 Under Free TechRepublic PDF

SEE: IT pros guide to effective patch management (free TechRepublic PDF) Manually configuring a Windows system to trust your CA First, copy your CA certificate to the host machine you want to work on.

Open a Command Prompt and run Certificate Manager with the following command ( Figure N ): certmgr.msc Figure N In the left-hand frame, expand Trusted Root Certificates, then right-click on Certificates and select All Tasks Import ( Figure O ).

Figure O In the Certificate Import Wizard, click Next ( Figure P ).

Installing A Certificate On Google Chrome For Readynas Os 6 Under Mac