SSL for pfsense and SS SSL in general
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I have a Netgate appliance that as you know comes with a self signed cert. we log in with https://ip:port to get to pf sense.
One thing I have not understood with any self signed cert, is the data still encrypted from my browser on my LAN to the pfsense?
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@ne_77 Yes, it is encrypted. What the self-signed certificate is not is issued by a 3rd party Certificate Authority like GoDaddy, Comodo, etc.
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@ne_77 yes if your using ssl for your connection, then it is encrypted be it a self signed or any other cert. The only thing with self signed is your browser will prob bark at you about it.
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@ne_77
Yes ...Self signed is "Just not verified by an external trusted Root CA".
Only affects the "Trust part" , not the crypt part/Bingo
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Thank you everyone- makes sense but wanted to verify.
