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What certificates does the Tarantella Security Pack support?

The Tarantella Security Pack supports X.509 server certificates in Base 64-encoded format. These have the following structure: 

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
...
certificate
...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Different Certificate Authorities issue different flavors of certificate. By default, these flavors are supported:

Certificate Authority Certificate Flavor
VeriSign, Inc Secure Server ID
Thawte Consulting Basic Web Server Certificate

You can use any other flavor of X.509 certificate from any Certificate Authority, for example a test certificate valid for a limited period. However, by default all users are prompted to accept or decline these certificates because they can't be validated by Tarantella.

With additional configuration you can permanently add a new certificate flavor, so that users are not prompted and certificates are validated.

Related topics
  • Obtaining and installing an X.509 certificate
  • How can I add my own flavor of certificate?
  • User prompts and root certificates
  • Can I use an X.509 certificate for another product with Tarantella?
  • Sharing web server and Tarantella server certificates