H-ICT220a - Internet Development Competence Center SSL

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SSL - steps
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Table of Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................... 3
Steps.................................................................................................................................. 4
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Introduction
To secure the logon and encrypt the username and password, the Novell Application Server
uses a certificate to forbid someone to view private information.
After the logon the system comes back to a non secure (non-encrypted) environment and works
with the normal http protocol.
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Steps
When you attempt to go to the secure URL (http://portal.b-rail.be), you should see a screen with a security alert like
this.
You can install the certificate on your system by clicking the button ‘View Certificate’. You can also accept to
continue without registering this certificate but each time that you will call this URL you will have the security alert.
To avoid this ‘Security alert’, here are the instructions to install the following certificate on Internet Explorer:
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Click on the View Certificate button.
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The next screen should look something like this:
- Click on ‘Install Certificate’ to store this certificate on your system
The following window should appear :
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Click on the "Next" button:
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Here’s what the next window should look like:
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Click on the "Next" button
The next window should look like this:
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Click on the "Finish" button
Accept to Add the following certificate by clicking ‘Yes’,
The final screen you should encounter should look like this:
A message is displayed to confirm that the certificate is registered on your system. Click on the "OK" button,
After installing or accepting the certificate, the logon screen appears.
Note that the protocol is http and not https. The protocol https is only used when you click on the ‘logon’ button to
encrypt the information (username, password) you have encoded.
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When the logon is performed on the server after encoding your username and your password, you will have a
‘Security Information’ that explains that you have come back to an http protocol (non secure).
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Click ‘Yes’ to accept to continue
The menu of the portal will normally appear.
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