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New SSL Features in Filemaker® Server 12
New SSL Features in Filemaker® Server 12
By:
Wim
Decorte
and
Steven
H.
Blackwell
Copyright
2012,
Wim
Decorte
and
Steven
H.
Blackwell.
All
rights
reserved.
he
new
version
of
FileMaker
Server
has
two
important
new
features
related
to
SSL
encryption.
These
are
intended
to
provide
greater
flexibility
for
configuration
as
well
as
greater
security
for
connected
guests.
These
files
are
placed
by
the
command
line
in
a
directory
in
the
parent
FileMaker
Server
directory
called
cStore,
as
shown
below.
Figure
1.
The
cStore
directory
holds
the
certificate
request
files
1 It is possible that certificates from other Authorities can be used. These are the ones that
Please note this command does not work with the default, generic FileMaker certificate.
3
Please
note
that
FileMaker
Server
does
not
support
validation
using
a
certificate
Figure
2.
Man-in-the-middle-attack