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Verification of SSL certificates is disabled Jamf 9.100

  • August 24, 2017
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Hi JAMFnation,

I updated our JSS to Version 9.100 two days ago. Now I get this warning:

Yes I have turned of the SSL Certificate verification in the settings:

We are using https for JSS over our netscaler, so JSS is not using a Certificate for SSL directly.

Do you have a clue how to get rid of this message?

Thank you
BR
Daniel

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  • September 5, 2017

"Never" in the SSL Certificate Verification setting indicates that your Mac clients are ignoring the validity of the SSL certificate – whether that is installed on the Netscaler or the JSS itself – when connecting. That is a security concern, no matter whether you have the cert installed onto the JSS or something else between the client and Tomcat.


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  • September 13, 2017

Hi @bvrooman,

So you mean there shouldn't be any problem when i change that setting to "Always"?
Sorry for asking dumb questions but: What are the clients verifying? If they want to verify a Cert that isn't available at the JSS how can they do it?
I just want to make sure that i don't get any problems when changing that setting.
I don't have many Mac Clients out there but most of them are VIP's and they are traveling a lot, so if there is something wrong I maybe cannot reach their MacBooks for weeks.

Thank you
BR
Daniel


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  • September 13, 2017

As the note next to that setting states, set it to "Always except during enrollment" if you're using the built-in cert. The cert is there so the computer can verify that the data is coming from the actual server.

We currently use "Always except during enrollment" even with our third-party cert; however, we can technically use "Always".