pfsense and certificates- helpful info for the not-so-techie

[larryjb]

I'm posting this because other quasi-techies may have the same problem I had, and I found a helpful solution.

It has bugged me for years that I would get that "not trusted" page when logging into my firewall. I looked at lots of threads on this forum and, honestly, they didn't help much because I just couldn't understand what I was reading. But then, I'm not a techie guy like many of you. I tend to learn what I need to know to solve our household tech problems.

However, I came across one post from the forum here that linked a youtube video (see below). It's a little on the long side, but this guy is a great teacher. Not that you guys aren't great teachers, but I'm like the equivalent to a first year kid in the realm of networks, and this space does feel like being in a 3rd or 4th year level course. I am learning from you guys, but it takes awhile.

In the first 5 minutes of the video I learned about the different levels of certificates, and exactly why the pfsense certificate would never solve my problem. This guy goes on to explain very well why you need to use the CA certificate, and where you have to place them. Now, he made something like 3 certificates in the video, and I'm not sure I needed to make all three. But to get things going I did exactly what he did.

Helpful video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZpAIKJ9jyA

All in all, I have a better understanding of certificates now. I'd probably need help if I needed to make a certificate for something else, but I think I'd get much further on.