How can i configure a ssl certificate for blue coat proxy sg. How to clear ssl state in browser chrome, firefox, explorer. A remote user can with the ability to conduct a maninthemiddle attack can force a client to negotiate a downgrade to sslv3 instead of a tls v1. May 26, 2016 ssl s entire security profile is built around trust in a huge number of cas, and if blue coat and other can persuade one to allow this in any form then ssl is fundamentally and permanently broken without pinning or out of band checks for pretty much all users except highly technical ones. On osx, i managed to do it for firefox and chrome but not for safari. It is a standard developed by blue coat to communicate between proxysg and other blue coat appliances.
Not saying they dont have the ability because i dont know where he works but 99. How do you clear an ssl state in a firefox stack overflow. Inspect the clear text content for all blades set in the policy. All of these appliances offer the policybased host categorization service as well as the decrypt once feed many functionality that provides tremendous benefit to organizations. This is a recent change, i believe starting with firefox 55. Nov 22, 2017 check website how to use charles proxy. To reenable your session in internet explorer your clear ssl state by going to toolsinternet optionscontenttabclear ssl state. A hybrid policy downloads to an onpremise proxy, which does not have ssl interception enabled. To clear the ssl state in internet explorer, follow these steps. That was a device from blue coat owned by symantec. Select the mail menu and click preferences click on the accounts section and then click on the advanced tab. The blue coat ssl visibility appliance, part of the security and policy enforcement product line, enables end users to add ssl inspection capabilities to their network security architecture and close the security loophole created by encrypted traffic.
Choose all that apply a administrator attempts to access management console. Still, just as hijacking failed dns queries 6, imposing optout content filtering 7, and injecting javascript advertisement code 8 have become routine and accepted behavior among isps, we fear that interception could reach public networks in the future, in light of certificate. Tunnel recommended d what are the types of challenges that can be authenticated by proxysg. The following behaviors are observed when this issue occurs. Mar 17, 2017 blue coat ssl visibility appliance check point data loss prevention dlp, anti virus, antibot, application control, url filtering, threat emulation and ips. Dec 20, 2010 open the bcaaa configuration file from c. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. So far ive used esi group to forward the traffic to bluecoat proxy with dst port nat 8080. Test soontobereleased features in our most stable prerelease build. Bluecoat ssl visibility appliance and tippingpoint ata. Enabling ssl intercept on the symantec web security service requires you to also install an ssl root certificate, downloadable from the service portal, on each. When browsing pkienabled websites, the session will timeout so ofter.
From a security perspective it is vital as it permits you to extend your av scanning, botnet detection, 0day, dlp, cloud security, etc to your s traffic which is normally just an encrypted blur to the edge devices through which the traffic flows. Because ssl secure socket layer content is encrypted, it cant be intercepted by normal means. Select sperate cas option listed next to the correct certificate type 3. I think you got problem rt, the issue can be there with clientserver, mac is like md5 hash which is calculated and sent along with the date by the server, and the client verifies if the data is intact by calculating the received data mac and comparing it with the mac sent by the sender. While other vendors only support a handful of cipherstandards, the ssl visibility appliance provides timely and complete standards support, with over 70 cipher suites and key exchanges offered, and growing. Please note you will need to update the incoming mail server in your mail client to imapuk. Firefox no longer trusts my internal certificate authority. Feb 28, 2017 enterprise class blue coats ssl visibility appliance is comprehensive, extensible solution that assures highsecurity encryption. Inspecting encrypted traffic with the blue coat ssl.
Maybe it is another proxy name, but you get the idea. Ssl va first steps using the ssl va with the blue coat proxysg duration. For users who already have certificates some realworld identity. We use firefox v15 or higher and blue coat proxy v6. Ssls entire security profile is built around trust in a huge number of cas, and if blue coat and other can persuade one to allow this in any form then ssl is fundamentally and permanently broken without pinning or out of band checks for pretty much all users except highly technical ones.
While working on a test pc to validate the functionalities of windows 10 before upgrading corporate laptops, we noticed that we can not load s sites that open within the application. Ssl interception is a reality at some larger companies. What your company can and cannot do with this information depends on local laws and potentially the contract you signed when you joined the company. You can also use the hostname in the server certificate to make the intercept versus tunnel decision. Each of these would verify the others identity using. Obtain symantec intermediate ca as described in ar657 2.
Blue coat dlp is a highly scalable, single appliance solution. Ssl interception 12 locationpolicyauthentication 12 threatprotection 12 policytestingbestpractices wsspolicycustomshop01bypass 14 whybypasscertaindestinations. Apr 06, 2017 ssl interception is a reality at some larger companies. This should be the only certificate with a private key contained in the pem file.
Firefox for mac does not recognize the valid ssl certificate for this site, which i manage. If you would like to scan files which were sent using secure connection, then you can optionally configure bluecoat to decrypt ssl connections. Enterprise class blue coats ssl visibility appliance is comprehensive, extensible solution that assures highsecurity encryption. Fighting back against ssl inspection, or how ssl should work. Looking for a little insight in making sure this is smooth for all our mac users. Apply granular policy such as validating mime type and filename extension. Inspecting encrypted traffic with the blue coat ssl visibility appliance whatworks is a usertouser program in which security managers who have implemented effective internet security technologies tell why they deployed it, how it works, how it improves security, what problems they faced and what lessons they learned. Select sperate cas option listed next to the correct certificate type. Install ssl root certificate for mozilla firefox browsers.
I do want firefox to warn me of the bad certificate but i definately do not want firefox to block any content at all without possibility to circumvent. How to install ssl certificate in firefox for charles. Best of all, you can install and start using key compliance and risk mitigation features in one day. Configure dns forwarding on blue coat proxysg configure a dns proxy on a. Using policy to manage ssl traffic on the proxysg youtube.
The symantec connect community allows customers and users of symantec to network and learn more about creative. We acknowledge that a mac is a more correct solution for this purpose. Make sure windows proxy is checked and mozilla firefox proxy is not checked under the proxy menu item. Blue coat ssl reverse proxy for exchange active sync. My organisation is using ssl interception feature of bluecoat proxy sg. Notice of status change proxysg s400 and proxysg s500. The users without issues might have the intermediate certificates already on their pcs. So, theoretically, specific web sites like this one could be excluded from ssl interception, decryption and logging. When you are performing ssl interception a what service group does blue coat recommend for the telnet service. Enterprise networks increasingly intercept and inspect sslprotected employee web. Routine ssltls interception is rarely performed outside of enterprise networks today.
It used to be you could do tools start private browsing then stop it and reload the page and firefox would clear the ssl state. Charles proxy guide for web on your computer testlio help center. Create a new ssl certificate for the communication between the security gateway and the client, send the client the new certificate and continue the ssl negotiation with it. The blue coat proxy is like any standard utmavc device it can inspect traffic and see everything, but for ssl it can only make desicion based on the url that encrypted traffic is going to. Projects that help keep the internet open and accessible for all. Apple owes us big time for bungled displaykilling cable design in macbook pro kit. Oct 15, 2014 on osx, i managed to do it for firefox and chrome but not for safari. Firefox no longer trusts my internal certificate authority used for. Firefox for mac doesnt recognize a valid ssl certificate. My question is can i able to capture the intercepted ssl traffic and use it in third party forensic softwares. How to install ssl certificate in firefox for charles proxy. Blue coats maninthemiddle ssl inspection technologies under the same roof. In charles go to the help menu and choose ssl proxying install charles root certificate.
Transport layer security tls, and its nowdeprecated predecessor, secure sockets layer ssl, are cryptographic protocols designed to provide communications security over a computer network. In the time range to clear list box, select everything select the active logins check box click clear now microsoft internet explorer. This can help in cases where your computer is managed by the company and certain certificates needed to work with a proxy server or other internal. We are not intercepting any financial or ecommerse site. Enable enterprise trusted root certificates in firefox learning akamai. Dear all, we have recently purchased aruba wifi controllers and aps, everything is done except guest traffic to internet since it is mandatory to filter this traffic through bluecoat coat explicit proxy. Almost all ssl certificates nowadays are being issued by intermediate ca certificates, so you may have an intermediate ca cert missing on bluecoat.
Blue coat is upgrading the hard disk drives hdd on specific appliances to a new version of the 1tb sas hard drives. Add the certificate for the blue coat device to your proxy as a keyring configuration ssl keyrings. This video shows you how to install ssl certificate in firefox for charles proxy on ma. Use systems proxy settings in the windows control panelinternet optionsconnectionslan settings use automatic configuration script. Mar 20, 2017 tls interception and ssl inspection 20 mar, 2017 by team poppyseed the fact that ssl inspection is a phrase that exists, should be a blazing red flag that what you think ssl is doing for you is fundamentally broken. Ssl s entire security profile is built around trust in a huge number of cas, and if blue coat and other can persuade one to allow this in any form then ssl is fundamentally and permanently broken without pinning or out of band checks for pretty much all users except highly technical ones. If you are using internet explorer 8, on the tools menu, click internet options if you are using internet explorer 9 or 10, click the icon. University of michigan university of illinois urbanachampaign mozilla cloud. Still, just as hijacking failed dns queries 6, imposing optout content filtering 7, and injecting javascript advertisement code 8 have become routine and accepted behavior among isps, we fear that interception could reach public networks in the future, in light of. When ssl interception is configured on a full proxy, these errors are quite common mostly due to some websites having expired certificates or the cn in the certificate not matching the actual hostname in the browser.
Symantec issues intermediate ca certificate for blue coat. Using centralized management features, you can easily create policies that analyze the data source, content, destination and more. Symantecbluecoat proxysg doesnt trust rapidssl intermediate certificate. Mar 25, 2008 peter brodersen and alexander klink independently reported that the default setting for ssl client authentication, automatically selecting a client certificate on behalf of the user, creates a potential privacy issue for users by allowing tracking through client certificates. Add the other ca certificates to the proxy in ca certificates section configuration ssl ca certificates. Then restart your browser to drop any open ssl connections. Install a root or intermediate certificate authority ca for blue coat proxy sg. The objective of this kb is to configure mutual authentication between the proxysg and bcaaa server.
Were really wanting to avoid just turning off ssl interception for macs. A remote user can decrypt ssl sessions in certain cases. Proxy, blue coat bluecoat blocks firefox mozillazine. If your web browser sees a different fingerprint for the same certificate carefully verify the certificate name is identical that forms strong evidence that something is intercepting your web browsers secure connections and is creating fraudulent. Blue coats proxysg 6642 properly validated certificates, supported tls 1. However, firefox for windows does not give a warning. This happens even if i clear the cache and it happens in both the mavericks and yosemite os. Enterprise threat protector proxycertificate distributionenable enterprise. About tls or ssl inspection on chrome devices next. Privacy issue with ssl client authentication mozilla.
When full ssl interception is configured on the proxy via policy, the sg will. In my organization they installed bluecoat and there is a category that blocks firefox from going out to the internet. How to install ssl charles certificate on mac for browser chrome. The main purpose of interception is to catch malware and virus in ssl traffic. Therefore, if this ssl fingerprinting facility at grc were to become popular, ssl interception proxies could make an exception and deliberately not intercept your browsers connections to grc. This effectively preserved the security of the client, meaning you were no worse off by using it. Introduction to the blue coat ssl proxy 6 do virus scanning and url filtering. Symantec helps consumers and organizations secure and manage their informationdriven world. Ssl connections will be interrupted when clients that default to tls 1. For pcs its nearly transparent, but we have run into all kinds of certificate issues on mac. Configuring mutual ssl authentication between proxysg and. Using blue coat ssl decryption for dlp symantec connect. Blue coat offers a full line of ssl visibility appliances that effectively meet the encrypted traffic management needs of todays enterprises.
Excuse the formatting, i originally wrote this in word, and it didnt convert to html quite so nicely. Analysis symantecs deal to to buy blue coat, the controversial web. I have a group of 40 classmates testing web site access with ssl client certs i generate and only the 5 mac os x guys are having troubleall other oss and browsers work fine, and firefox seems to be the best of the lot other than on mac os x. Routine ssl tls interception is rarely performed outside of enterprise networks today. As other answers have already covered, blue coat amonngst other security products have the capability to intercept ssl sessions for users on the network, to inspect the traffic. Certificate associated with that keyring defined in the ssl intercept rule in. Blue coat ssl visibility appliance check point data loss prevention dlp, anti virus, antibot, application control, url filtering, threat emulation and ips. Has anyone else setup the blue coat proxy in their environment. Several versions of the protocols find widespread use in applications such as web browsing, email, instant messaging, and voice over ip voip. Note that the certificatesubject must match the name of the certificate we just.