Can Wildcard Certificate on Firewall match with specific certificates on backend servers ?
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Created On 11/10/20 22:27 PM - Last Modified 06/27/24 07:13 AM
Question
Can the Palo Alto use a Wildcard certificate for Inbound SSL Decryption (*.testwebsitecertificate.com) while the back end web servers use a more specific certificate such as (server1.testwebsitecertificate.com), (server2.testwebsitecertificate.com) and (server3.testwebsitecertificate.com)?
Environment
- Palo Alto Firewall
- PAN-OS 8.1 and above.
- Wildcard certificate for SSL Inbound Decryption
Answer
- No, Having a wildcard certificate on the firewall while the back servers have a different unique certificate will not work for SSL Inbound Decryption.
- A New specific Decryption Policy rule must be made for each server certificate that is present and each server certificate must match the firewall certificate exactly.