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11) Copy and save the generated CSR for later use, click Back:
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12) Access the Microsoft Certification Authority Web Service for signing the CSR (use these steps as reference):
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13) The following web page appears, click on Request a certificate:
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14) The following web page appears, click on advanced certificate request:
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16) Fill this form with the copied CSR in Step 11 and enter other parameters as follows, click Submit afterwards:
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17) On clicking Submit, the following window appears, select Base 64 encoded and click Download certificate:
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18) After downloading the certificate, save it for use in coming steps:
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19) Continuing on the NeXpose Console pop-up, click on Import Certificate as follows:
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27) Access the Nexpose Console with FQDN as follows, the Certificate issue is still present:
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28) Right click on the window and click View page info as follows:
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29) Click on Certificate information as follows:
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30) On the General tab, read the Certificate Information, this shows a problem with Certification Authority (not being recognized):
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31) Click on Certification Path and the given path options as follows:
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32) Click on the other path option available as follows, this confirms that Certification Authority is not being recognized and is un-trusted:
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33) (Use these steps as reference): To fix this, first of all, let’s find out the Certificate of our Certification Authority, click on Download a CA
certificate as follows:
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34) Select Base 64 and click Download CA Certificate:
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35) Save Certification Authority Certificate for use later on:
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36) (Use these steps as reference): Log-in on the Domain Server and click on Group Policy Management as follows:
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38) Select and right-click Default Domain Policy and click Edit (for your environment, modify the policy only for computers that access Nexpose):
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47) (Use these steps as reference): To apply and enforce changes to Group Policy, run the following command:
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48) The modified Policy is applied and completes successfully:
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49) For the policy to be effective on computers accessing Nexpose Console, they need to be restarted:
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50) Accessing Nexpose Console after restart resolves the Certificate Issue:
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51) Doing different operations on Nexpose Console (the Certificate issue stays resolved):
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52) On further testing, the Certificate issue remains resolved:
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53) Opening the Console in a different browser (Firefox):
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54) Opening the Console in a different browser (IE), the Certificate issue has been permanently fixed: