I am trying to use SSL with my webapi published using IIS.
I've enabled SSL in webapi project by setting SSL ENABLED to TRUE.
On the local pc I've created a self signed certificate, which gets issued to MyPcNameHere/MyCompanyDomainHere. (not sure if that matters)
now if I browse to webpage in chrome/mozilla I get a warning... your connection is not secure. Mozilla's error is THE CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRUSTED BECAUSE IT IS SELF SIGNED.
What are my options here for handling this? (when I get this warning is the connection truly not secure? Or is it purely a warning that the certificate is self signed?)
I don't mind getting a third party certificate, but when I tried it wanted me to verify I own domain. This myPc/myDomain is inside a company firewall so I don't see how I could obtain a certificate.
any suggestions?
You get that error (warning actually) because you're using a self signed certificate, which your browser doesn't recognize.
Your options are:
obtain a certificate issued by a trusted provider (the root certificate of the issuer will be present in the trusted root certificates store of your browser/system
make the browser trust your self signed certificate (here's a guide for Chrome, I didn't find any for Mozilla - you have to just add a permanent exception)
Now, if you're using this only for a test, you can get the browser to trust your self signed certificate.
If you're in a company network, and you have the resources, you might consider setting up a local CA, which you then may use to issue certificates for testing machines on the Intranet, or for you dev environment. You will of course deploy the root certificate on all machines' trusted certificate store.
If you're going live with this (production machine accessible over the Internet), you have to really consider a provider.
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In embedded software with web interfaces, it’s difficult to optain a trusted certificate for TLS.
So instead of greeting our users with a browser warning, I’m wondering whether we could ask the user to install the certificate in their browser before switching the connection to TLS.
Hence my question: What happens if you deliver a self-signed certificate to a browser via HTTP?
Typically, CAs would return your valid certificate directly to the browser, which installs it. So what happens when you do the same with an untrusted one?
Hence my question: What happens if you deliver a self-signed certificate to a browser via HTTP?
Depends on the browser and platform. It might just result in some download, might result in starting a certificate viewer ...
Typically, CAs would return your valid certificate directly to the browser, which installs it.
That's not how it works. The browser will not blindly trust a certificate send by the server. It will check if the certificate is issued by a trusted CA, which is contained in the local trust store. The browser will not "install" anything.
We've an ASP.NET MVC4 app where there is a part which should be secured through client certificates.
When anyone wants to connect to this part of the app, browsers should ask them for a client certificate, once they select it, our server will get it, check it's validity and show the content.
Ok, I'm getting trouble with the select certificate part. Before setting it just to one folder on views content, I'm trying to configure this on the global app.
I've set SSL to be required, and also set require client certificates on SSL Configuration on apps configuration on IIS.
I've enabled the iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication (although I've set no mapping yet)
When I try to access the app both, Firefox and Chrome, return a 403 forbidden error, stating that I have no access to the app with the credentials provided.
I've a client certificate installed on my local machine and the CA who created this certificate as a trusted root certificate on server local machine.
I'm not being prompted for certificate.
If I uncheck the "require" from client certificates on SSL Settings, I can access the app through https.
This is the first time I work with client certificates, so it's being a bit confusing and maybe I'm not giving enough info. Feel fre to ask for further info on the comments.
EDIT: I've exported the client certificate, copied it to the server and checked it there. The certificate shows as valid and every element in the certification chain seems to be recognized in the server.
I've checked IIS logs also, and the error I'm getting is 403.7, so the certificate is not being issued to the server or it's invalid.
Now... I've checked that the certificate is valid on the server, it's correctly installed on the client but it's not getting to the server or is not beign validated there... what am I missing here?
Ok, finally I've found the problem, it's related to the buffer size reserved for the list of trusted certification authorities.
Check this kb article:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/933430
TL DR; To solve the problem just add a new entry in the registry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL
named SendTrustedIssuerList as a DWORD value with value 0.
This way, the server won't send the trusted certification authorities list, so browsers will display the complete list of certificates to the user.
If I use SSL for my app to communicate with my server, can I use any SSL certificate, like those issued by goDaddy? I understand the reason people buy Verisign certificates(which are terribly expensive) is that they are supported by all browsers. But if I have no browser component, and the communication is between my app and my services, can I go for a cheaper one?
How SSL works
The Goal of SSL Certificates is to ensure no Man In the Middle is earsdropping on your encrypted communication. When your app is connecting to your server, your server therefore presents a certificate which tells, that the used encryption key really belongs to your server. This certificate is cryptographicly signed by a trusted party, such that the man in the middle can not forge such a certiifcate. Your app has to know the cryptographic key of the trusted party in advance to verify this signature.
Use godaddy certificates
You can use any certificate made by a trusted party which is known by your app. If you include the godaddy cryptographic key (called root certificate) in your app you can use godaddy certificates.
Use your own zero cost certificate
For you and your app, you yourself can be a trusted party for certificate signing. You can use your own self generated certificate without paying anyone for it. You only need to include your own certificate in your app. You can find a tutorial on how to generate a self signed certificate at http://www.akadia.com/services/ssh_test_certificate.html .
I have activated SSL in live magento store.If i check this url https://www.rave-nation.com/index.php, i m getting this error "This Connection is Untrusted".I can't figure out the solution.Do you need more information to find the solution?
The SSL certificate you've installed is:
Self signed
Signed for https://localhost, not https://www.rave-nation.com
SSL certificates serve two purposes. The first is a means to encrypt the data being transferred between the client and the server. The second is functioning as a method of verifying the identity of the server you are contacting.
Certificates that are self-signed will always generate warnings to people visiting your site because the certificate has not been signed by a high authority. The higher authority, called a CA, vouch for your server being the server your visitor thinks it is.
Anyone could create an SSL certificate for the domain https://mail.google.com, for example, and self sign it. If I was to trick someone's browser to take them to my server instead of Google's when they enter https://mail.google.com in their address bar they'd get an error message saying that the connection is untrusted. This appears because the person that signed the certificate, me this case, was not trusted in the first and didn't have the authority to vouch for anyone else, as far as the web browser was concerned.
Using a certificate signed for one hostname, in your case localhost, on a website that uses another hostname, rave-nation.com, is warning the visitors that this server is claiming to be someone it is not.
Was wondering what the best practice for deploying a custom WCF - Security Token Service (STS) in a load balancing environment that uses signs and encrypts the token?
We're using Cirtix NetScaler to handle the load balancing and SSL termination (i.e. certificate is only installed on the NetScaler server). The STS has been specified to sign and encrypt the token via the SigningCertificateName and EncryptionCertificateName app settings. However the current web server configuration does not have a local certificate installed within it's certification store.
So my questions are:-
Do we need to worry about signing and encrypting the token if it's transferred over SSL?
Should we install the certificate on every web server or can we use the load balancer?
Can we use the same certificate on each web server or do we need to buy a certificate for each web server?
An STS which does not sign its tokens is not much use: without a signature, no relying party will be able to distinguish between a valid token issued by the STS and a token spoofed by someone with evil intent.
The certificate you install to support SSL is generally different to the STS's signing certificate. The latter identifies the Service, not the web server. So, by all means carry on installing the SSL certificate just on the load balancer. But you will need another certificate, representing the identity of the Service, installed (with its private key) on each machine which hosts the service, for use as the SigningCertificate. It should be the same certificate on each server (it's the same Service).
However, you typically don't need to buy such a certificate: you can issue your own - you just need to make sure each potential Relying Party is configured to recognise the certificate as a trusted STS, and also trusts the root issuer of the certificate (which will be either the certificate itself, if it is a self-signed certificate, or your root certificate, if you used a certificate server to issue it).