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Mike_Ho
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Oct 09, 2014

sha256 signed client certs on Firepass

Due to the sunsetting of browser support for certs signed with sha1 I thought it would be a good time to look at issuing new VPN user certificates with sha256 sigs instead. In testing I've found my ...
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Seth_Cooper's avatar
Seth_Cooper
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Oct 09, 2014

Hi Michael,

 

You will need to stick with sha1 certificates if using them with Firepass as sha256 certs are not supported. This request to support sha256 is tracked as ID 266851 and you are more than welcome to open a support case asking to be linked to it.

 

You best bet is to start working toward migrating from Firepass to APM which does have full sha256 support.

 

Regards,

 

Seth Cooper