> No, you do not need to import the SSL cert into the JRE if the F5 BigIP will 
> be responsible for processing SSL

That's exactly the answer I was after for now.

Many Thanks
Andrew


On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Nathan Kopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We run CAS with an F5 server in front of it.  No, you do not need to
> import the SSL cert into the JRE if the F5 BigIP will be responsible for
> processing SSL.  However, you'll want to adjust the appropriate
> Connector tag in your Tomcat's conf/server.xml file.  For example, ours
> for the AJP connector looks like this:
>    <Connector port="8009"
>               enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" debug="0"
>               protocol="AJP/1.3"
>               secure="true" scheme="https" proxyPort="443" />
>
> The biggest new things are: secure="true" scheme="https" proxyPort="443"
> You need to do this because the SSL aspect of the communication got
> erased by the F5 server.
>
> A few thoughts...
>
> If you use: Browser -[https]-> Apache -[AJP]-> Tomcat
> then you don't need the secure & scheme attributes in your server.xml
> file.  That's because the AJP protocol passes on the SSL-related
> information to Tomcat.
>
> If you use: Browser -[https]-> F5 -[http]-> Tomcat
>        Or: Browser -[https]-> F5 -[http]-> Apache -[AJP]-> Tomcat
> Then you DO need to add secure & scheme attributes in server.xml.
> That's because the F5-to-apache link erases the fact that HTTPS was used
> anywhere.
>
>
> Nathan Kopp
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of Andrew Bruno
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 8:21 PM
> To: Yale CAS mailing list
> Subject: Fronting CAS with F5 or Apache hints, experience, links, etc..
>
> Does anyone have experience in fronting CAS with F5 or Apache, where
> the SSL certificate terminates on the front server?
>
> I know that when using a self signed certificate you need to import
> the certificate into tomcat's JRE cacerts file.
>
> If using a "real" (verign, etc..) certificate, is the import into the
> JRE still required?
>
> Thanks
> Andrew
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