About browser certificates
A web browser using a secure connection (HTTPS) requires an SSL certificate. The SSL certificate can be self-signed or signed by a certificate authority. With a certificate, the user authenticates to other users and services, or to data integrity and authentication services, using digital signatures. It also enables users to cache the public keys (in the form of certificates) of their communicating peers. Because a certificate signed by a certificate authority is automatically trusted by browsers, the browser does not issue a warning when you connect to the Enforce Server administration console. With a self-signed certificate, the browser issues a warning and asks if you want to connect.
The default certificate installed with
Symantec Data Loss Prevention
is a standard, self-signed certificate. This certificate is embedded securely inside the Symantec Data Loss Prevention
software. By default, all Symantec Data Loss Prevention
installations at all customer sites use this same certificate. Symantec recommends that you replace the default certificate with a new, unique certificate for your organization’s installation. The new certificate can be either self-signed or signed by a certificate authority.