Cisco 5505 - ASA Firewall Edition Bundle Administrator's Manual page 14

Remote User Interface
Table 1-1
Certificate Status
Server certificate sent to the client from
the security appliance is independently
verifiable and the certificate has no
serious errors.
Server certificate sent to the client from
the security appliance is not
independently verifiable and the
certificate contains serious errors.
Server certificate sent to the client from
the security appliance is not
independently verifiable and the
certificate does not contain serious errors.
The Security Alert dialog box appears only on the first connection attempt to a given security appliance.
After the connection is successfully established, the "thumbprint" of the server certificate is saved in the
preferences file, so the user is not prompted on subsequent connections to the same security appliance.
If the user switches to a different security appliance and back, the Security Alert dialog box appears
again.
For detailed information and examples of instances in which the remote user does or does not see the
Security Alert dialog box, see
Windows, page
Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client Administrator Guide
1-4
Certificate, Security Alert, and Connection Status
Adding a Security Certificate in Response to Browser Security Alert
2-4.
Does Security
Alert Appear? Client Connection Status
No Success
No Failure
Yes Because the client cannot verify the
certificate, it is still a security concern.
The client asks the user whether to
continue with the connection attempt.
Chapter 1 Introduction
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