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=====Self signed certificates=====

=====Self signed certificates=====

The certificate created by sme by default is a self signed certificate. That means it is issued by sme server and as such has not been tested or authenticated by any external certificate issuing Authority eg Verizon & others etc.

The certificate created by sme by default is a self signed certificate. That means it is issued by sme server and as such has not been tested or authenticated by any external certificate issuing Authority eg VeriSign & others etc.

This also means that the root certificate which is installed in most browsers by default (so the browser knows about all the commercial certificates and happily accepts them), does not know about the sme server self signed certificate, and therefore a web browser does not trust the certificate that is presented to it when a user tries to access a https site on your web server.

This also means that the root certificate which is installed in most browsers by default (so the browser knows about all the commercial certificates and happily accepts them), does not know about the sme server self signed certificate, and therefore a web browser does not trust the certificate that is presented to it when a user tries to access a https site on your web server.