THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE APPLIES TO:<
- EFT Server, v5.1 and later
QUESTION
Does EFT support certificate chaining?
ANSWER
Yes, a certificate chain is used to establish a chain of trust from a peer certificate to a trusted CA certificate. Each certificate is verified through the use of another certificate, creating a chain of certificates that ends with the root certificate. The issuer of a certificate is called a certification authority (CA). The owner of the root certificate is the root certification authority. The last certificate in the chain is usually a self-signed certificate.
EFT Server v5.1 and later supports full certificate chains, which is a single file with a combination of all certificates in the chain. Usually, you will receive this file from a signing authority.
Please refer to the attached PDF, "Creating, signing, chaining, and assigning a certificate in EFT," for a detailed procedure.
See also, "Explanation of SSL Certificate Chain Issues," attached.