In cryptography and computer security, a root certificate is either an unsigned public key certificate or a self-signed certificate that identifies the Root Certificate Authority (CA). A root certificate is part of a public key infrastructure scheme.
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Why is the server certificate combined with the root certificate from the CA bundle in haproxy
On our servers we use haproxy for checking client-side certificates. We build a ca-bundle file by combining the G1 and EV intermediate certificates and the G1 and EV root certificates. We also have a server certificate without the intermediate…
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Heroku lost GeoTrust Global CA root certificate
Heroku somehow lost its GeoTrust Global CA root certificate, which is needed to use push notifications with Apple's servers. I found the certificate here but I'm not sure how to install it in my Heroku application. I tried adding it as an SSL…
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How to use root ca with retrofit on android
I have certificate that i use without retrofit :
public static Certificate loadCertificateFromRaw(String name) {
Certificate certificate = null;
InputStream caInput = null;
try {
CertificateFactory cf =…
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Setting custom CA cert with cloud_proxy_sql
I'm trying to use GCP's cloud_proxy_sql via one of our proxy server with custom CA signed certificates. I tried setting the cert using the config custom_ca_certs_file of gcloud config. Also double checked if the ca cert is set, using the command…
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Adding additional trusted root CA certificates to mitmproxy
I am trying to configure mitmproxy so that it accepts certain upstream server certificates that are not trusted by default.
I don't want to use the --ssl-insecure option as it totally disables all certificate checking for upstream connections.
I…
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Trying to connect node.js app to AWS IoT, but get error "unable to get local issuer certificate"
I'm trying to connect to AWS IoT from a node.js application using the aws-iot-device-sdk. I want to publish messages to the AWS MQTT Broker.
However, I keep getting an error message saying "unable to get local issuer certificate"
events.js:174
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Reduce Required Root Certificate List For Constrained Devices
I'm developing a memory constrained IoT device and would like to connect it to Google IoT Core via MQTT. The list of required root certificates that must be trusted to allow for server TLS certificate validation is very long. I am seeking a smaller…
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Unable to communicate over HTTPS in iOS App with ATS enabled and Own Root CA bundled
We are trying to make an app which will communicate with our multiple servers over HTTPS using NSURLSession, in that we are using our own Root CA which is bundled in our app and ATS fully enabled (NSAllowsArbitraryLoads set to False).
On call of…
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iOS - Add Certificate to trusted certificates
How can I make a self-signed certificate as trusted for making https requests from an objective-c iOS app.
Basically looking something like adding my certificate to app bundle and mark it as trusted root certificate for that device.
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Jmeter Root ca certificate
I am new to jmeter. I followed steps as mentioned in this link. After that I tried to install a Root CA Certificate which installed it succesfully.
I am still facing same problem when I click the start button. Please can anyone suggest to me what to…
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IOS 9 and Custom CA
I am developing a back-end that provides web services for IOS and Android apps. I have heard that IOS 9 was introducing a new security policy with IOS 9, that aims at generalizing the use of SSL. I would like to provide SSL for my web services, but…
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How exactly is a SSL certificate validated?
I have done some research on this but still have some trouble connecting the dots as to what exactly happens when the server send its certificate to the client in terms of verifying signature and root certificates.
When you create a CSR, it…
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Install a trusted root certificate in PhantomJS
Is it possible to start a selenium PhantomJS session with a specific certificate?
Right now if I run it with PhantomJS I get Missing certficate. Adding --ignore-ssl-errors is not an option, this site needs the certificate.
I can use Chrome or…
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Purpose of CA Root Certificates Bundle?
I was watching Ray Villalobos demonstrate how to work with the Twitter API 1.1 changes using PHP. During the video, he put this certificate in the server. My question is, what is the purpose of using this certificate?
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How can I get the list of iOS root certificates in human readable form
I want to get the list of iOS trusted root certificate in human readable form.
By writing code or any tools. How can I get that?
I tried with some code like the following from here, but its return null. Status return -25300, which is item not…
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