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SSL decryption forward proxy in vwire mode and common name of certificate

Cyber Elite
Cyber Elite

 

We have PA 9.1 running vwire for vendor traffic.

I need to create ssl decrypt cert for the user traffic going to internet.

 

Seems SSL decryption can work in vwire mode.

When I create self signed cert for the user PC  what should I put under common name?

any name will work?

As traffic is sourced from the switch which is doing all the natting and it has public IP address .

 

setup

 

switch with public ip say 184.x.x.x-----------v wire PA------------------------ISP modem.

 

Regards

 

MP

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Cyber Elite
Cyber Elite

the certificate cn should be something you can identify as yours if you need to do troubleshooting, but with selfsigned certificates it only matters that the selfsigned CA is added to your client's trusted root certificates store, else they will get a certificate error for each website

Tom Piens
PANgurus - Strata specialist; config reviews, policy optimization

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Cyber Elite
Cyber Elite

the certificate cn should be something you can identify as yours if you need to do troubleshooting, but with selfsigned certificates it only matters that the selfsigned CA is added to your client's trusted root certificates store, else they will get a certificate error for each website

Tom Piens
PANgurus - Strata specialist; config reviews, policy optimization

Many Thanks for confirming that Reaper.

MP

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