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- | ====== Generating a Certificate for Your Sophos ====== | + | ====== Generating |
+ | When using the Sophos on your computer you are likely to receive a warning "This website is unsafe" | ||
- | ==== Generation of the Certificate ==== | + | {{: |
+ | ===== Generation of the Certificate | ||
1) Go to **Certificates** -> **Certificates** and Click **Add**, then select **Generate Self-signed Certificates** | 1) Go to **Certificates** -> **Certificates** and Click **Add**, then select **Generate Self-signed Certificates** | ||
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6) Once successfully generated, go to **Administration** -> **Admin Settings** and set the certificate to the newly generated certificate | 6) Once successfully generated, go to **Administration** -> **Admin Settings** and set the certificate to the newly generated certificate | ||
- | 7) Now download this generated self signed certificate and import to the machines browsers | + | 7) Now download this generated self-signed certificate and import to the machines browsers. Also download **Default** from **Certificates** -> **Certificate Authorities** |
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+ | ===== Adding Your New (Or NOT new) Certificate to Your Local Machine ===== | ||
+ | ====Windows 10 computer==== | ||
+ | 1) Take the generated self-signed certificate that was downloaded (step 7 above) and unzip the tar file | ||
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+ | 2) Double click on the "named cert" (type file is **Personal Information Exchange**) | ||
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+ | 3) Click through the installation wizard pop-up | ||
+ | * The wizard may prompt you for a password | ||
+ | * Password file is in the tar file that you unzipped (it might just be blank, that is okay) | ||
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+ | 4) When prompted for the certificate store, choose **Place all certificates in the following store** | ||
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+ | 5) Select the **Trusted Root Certification Authorities store** | ||
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+ | 6) Next, add certificate snap-ins -> launch MMC (mmc.exe) | ||
+ | * Choose **file** -> **Add/ | ||
+ | * Choose **certificates**, | ||
+ | * Choose **computer (local) account** and click next | ||
+ | * Click Finish and close the list of snap-ins | ||
+ | * Click OK to add the certificates snap-in, which should now be visible in the **Add/ | ||
+ | * Expand the list of certificate containers, right click **Trusted Root Authority** and choose **All Tasks** -> **Import** to start the Certificate Import Wizard | ||
+ | * Import the Certificate downloaded (Default) using this wizard | ||
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+ | ====Macintosh computer==== | ||
+ | 1) If you haven' | ||
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+ | 2) Once downloaded, double-click the Certificate. This launches key-chain. A pop-up window will open; select **System** and **Add** | ||
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+ | 4) Go to **System** -> **Certificates** -> Double-click on **Default** | ||
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+ | 5) Click **Trust** and then click **Always Trust** | ||
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+ | ====What if I cannot Generate my own certificate? | ||
+ | A reported issue that we have seen is the inability to " | ||
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+ | 1)Go to **Certificates** -> **Certificate Authorities** -> **Default** | ||
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+ | 2)The Default must have a Common name in this format **Sophos_CA_[serial]** and an email. | ||
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+ | Once saved check back under **Certificates** to Generate your own self-signed certificate. | ||
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+ | ====Helpful Links==== | ||
+ | If you want more information on how to import certificates to specific web browsers go here: | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | **Note: | ||
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+ | If you want more information on Generating a self-signed certificate or requesting a certificate from a Certified Authority go here: | ||
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+ | [[https:// |
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