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Tosin_Omojola's avatar
Tosin_Omojola
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Jan 15, 2019

Do I Need The Client Private Key to Setup a Two-Way SSL Handshake?

I am trying to configure a two-way SSL authentication but am getting errors stating handshake failure. I need to know if, in the client SSL profile used, whether I need to import the client private(o...
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Stanislas_Piro2's avatar
Stanislas_Piro2
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Jan 15, 2019

In client ssl profile, you must set:

 

  • Private / public key for resource provided by the F5 (like any client SSL profile)
  • public key bundle of all trusted CA for client authentication

No need to include client private key... if you set this, it is not private anymore ;-)