SSL is automatically enabled when Netfinity 5.2 is installed with the web extension enabled. Before connecting to a web-enabled Netfinity manager using SSL, the web browser must be configured to connect securely to the manager. The browser configures itself by retrieving a certificate from the Netfinity manager. When the certificate is installed into the browser, the browser prompts the user to accept the certificate. If the user chooses to accept the certificate, the browser will install the certificate and not prompt the user again in the future.
Certificate installation happens automatically when Netscape Navigator attempts to make an SSL connection to the manager for the first time. When the first SSL connection is made to the manager, Navigator will prompt the user with a series of windows to ensure that the certificate should be installed into the browser.
Microsoft Internet Explorer must have the certificate manually installed
and then be restarted before it can make an SSL connection to the manager.
To install a certificate from this manager into Internet Explorer perform
the following steps: