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N__197982
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Jul 07, 2015

Why do some applications/VIP's need a root certificate to be installed in the F5?

Folks, Why do some applications/VIP's need a root certificate to be installed in the F5?   We have common root certificate installed but some VIP's need the specific root CA to be mentioned in the...
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Samir_Jha_52506
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Jul 07, 2015

A root certificate is an unsigned or a self-signed public key certificate that identifies the Root Certificate Authority (CA) & part of a public key infrastructure scheme. When you open https request to any browser(Client to server), Server return X.509 standard certificate to your browser & browser sent copy of certificate to CA vendor for verification. If it ok, then encryption will happened(Chain of Trust). For more information please google it.