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kridsana
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Mar 03, 2023

Did Serverssl profile require certificate?

Hi We want to use F5 as SSL bridging (Decrypt using ssl client profile and re-encrypt using serverssl profile) Problem is our server using self-sign root certificate and certificate name is IP se...
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Juergen_Mang
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Mar 03, 2023

It is not a requirement. The default server-ssl profile works without certifcate checking.

Checking the backend certificate enhances the security. Import is done like any other certificates System -> Certificate Management -> Traffic Certificate Management

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    kridsana
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    Mar 03, 2023

    What if server using self-sign root certificate (eg. Internal-Root-Cert-only-we-have.crt)

    Won't F5 have certificate error? because F5 didn't have that self-sign root cert.