Secure Computing SSL Scanner User Manual page 176

SSL Scanner
by host
—
Enabling the
certificate being included in the verification process. If the latter method
is chosen, shell expressions, e. g. *.webwasher.com, may be used
to specify an exception.
After enabling this method, select an action from the drop-down list
provided here.
For the meaning of these actions, see the description of the
tificate
Add exception
—
After specifying the appropriate settings, click on this button to add an
exception to the list.
Enabling the
certificate being included in the verification process. If the latter method
is chosen, shell expressions, e. g. *.webwasher.com, may be used
to specify an exception.
After enabling this method, select an action from the drop-down list
provided here.
For the meaning of these actions, see the description of the
tificate
A message will then be displayed, stating if the exception has been added
successfully and providing information on the result of the verification process.
If the by certificate method has been configured, you are informed whether
the certificate in question was issued by a trusted or not-trusted certification
authority (CA) from the corresponding list.
If the CA could not be found on this list, the certificate is implicitly forbidden.
If the inspection of a certificate results in an error or open issue, the depth of
the certificate is also stated in the corresponding error message. By depth is
meant the position the certificate takes within the certificate chain.
So, e. g.
the software in question, as is the case with self-signed certificates,
1
is for a certificate issued to certify a
The newly added exception will be shown in a list displayed below.
To display only a particular number of list entries at a time, type this number
in the input field labeled
Enter
key of your keyboard.
4–16
by host
method means that the host is checked without a
method above.
by host
method means that the host is checked without a
method above.
depth = 0
means the certificate has been issued immediately for
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depth 0
certificate and so on.
and enter it using the
by cer-
by cer-
depth =