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Global site certificates, Overview – HP e-CommerceXML Accelerator sa7150 User Manual

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C H A P T E R 3

SSL Operations

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3. Create a server mapping. Use the create map command to

specify the server IP address, ports, and keyID.

HP SA7150> create map

Server IP (0.0.0.0): 10.1.1.30

SSL (network) port [443]:

Cleartext (server) port [80]:

KeyID to use for mapping: mywebserver

4. Save the configuration when the server has been mapped.

HP SA7150> config save

Saving configuration to flash...

Configuration saved to flash

HP SA7150>

Global Site
Certificates

Overview

Four types of certificates are involved in the following discussion:

Root Certificate. The certificate of a trusted Certificate Authority
(CA) such as VeriSign*.

Server Certificate. Loaded on the server. Can be either self-
generated or received from a certificate authority such as
VeriSign*. Interacts with requesting browser’s root certificate to
establish encryption level.

Global Site Certificate. An extended server certificate. Allows
128-bit encryption for export-restricted browsers.

Intermediate CA certificate. A certificate “signed,” that is,
authenticated, by a recognized CA such as VeriSign*, and used to
validate a global site certificate. Called an “intermediate CA
certificate” in the following discussion.

Export versions of Internet Explorer* and Netscape* Communicator
use 40-bit encryption to initiate connections to SSL servers. Upon
receiving a client request, the server responds by sending a digital
certificate. If this certificate is a conventional server certificate (that
is, not a global site certificate), browser and server complete the SSL
handshake and use a 40-bit key to encrypt application data. If the
server responds to a requesting browser with a global site certificate,
the client automatically renegotiates the connection to use 128-bit
encryption.

A global site certificate is validated by an accompanying intermediate
CA certificate. (Such pairs are called “chained certificates.”)
Examples of intermediate CA certificates include Microsoft SGC