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Hello,

I am being asked a lot about why is Anydesk getting a "decrypt-error" end reason when SSL Decryption is active.

Here is a simple explanation and how to overcome this.

What you usually going to do with this kind of errors is creating a Decryption bypass rule for Anydesk (in this example)

Since is it impossible to bypass based on application, you would probably use a Custom URL category with a wildcard (*.anydesk.com), and apply it in a bypass rule. Unfortunately, this doesn't work (I'm not sure why, I think Anydesk uses IP addresses and not URLs)

The other option I came across is using an FQND (relays.net.anydesk.com) published in one of the related articles, that also didn't work for me. It was not consistent.

Then I found that Anydesk is being bypassed by default in PANOS (Device -->  Certificate management --> SSL Decryption Exclusion).

Then why isn't it being bypassed?!

Well, it is because of the certificate Anydesk uses. It is using a Self-Signed certificate, and your device does not trust it (yet).

This is the reason for the decrypt-error.

Basically, what you would like to do now is:

Start a packet capture and export the CA certificate.

Then, import the certificate to your device, and mark it as a trusted CA.

Commit, and now Anydesk should work.

I am sharing here the CA certificate currently being used by Anydesk.

Copy the text below to a text file and rename it to ".crt"

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIFYzCCA0ugAwIBAgIJAIf7DQy3sYvoMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMEgxFzAVBgNV
BAMMDkFueU5ldCBSb290IENBMSAwHgYDVQQKDBdwaGlsYW5kcm8gU29mdHdhcmUg
R21iSDELMAkGA1UEBhMCREUwHhcNMTQwNDExMDIzNzU1WhcNMjQwNDA4MDIzNzU1
WjBIMRcwFQYDVQQDDA5BbnlOZXQgUm9vdCBDQTEgMB4GA1UECgwXcGhpbGFuZHJv
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Ag8AMIICCgKCAgEAtBVBDdoa01og/vnfvwqM8aSt79RUlufigrcNAOrxN+LXjKEW
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cX+6SqZAsHcX6iw/W5QUhS6tEWGriPYBu7NHa+KBGPGOOebYewxjhoOscIR1Jy01
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tps55s8n0CyZdNTK3keI7d/3nDusimLSdZDZAIHT+MJHjpq9h23O5Zp/KHakd8Y/
ub9N8cvfDyxz/rRg4yZeg/KuNlaU6aedoT3KXW49Xahv8qWP855ohSfs6WeFNBYN
RTQUjgcMeyVRVPM/oSrvmheeUd4WZPvd4ciUCYw5u3dz1Ga7SStc+itXi2at96hw
O4+eCXHeEi7tAhBM1Wcecv86PjRtkmA9RF70IWDubC46cxrDJmr0
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Hope this is helpful.

Cheers!