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Using the Simple Method to Configure Trust  81
Chapter 9: Managing Trusted Servers
Figure 19: Trusted Servers Dialog
When you configure OAC to trust a server, specify the name of the server and the
certificate chain to which it belongs. You can allow OAC to trust any server that
bears a specified signed certificate.
Using the Simple Method to Configure Trust
The simple method of trust configuration provides two options for creating a list of
trusted servers in OAC:
You can specify a list of servers to be trusted using domain names.
To configure trust using the simple method:
1. Specify the authentication server or intermediate CA server domain name or
the ending of the domain name (for example, acme.com).
2. Specify a certificate from any Certificate Authority in your certificate authority
chain. This can be the certificate of a root or an intermediate certificate
authority.
Adding a Trusted Server Entry
The simple method of configuring trust offers you two choices for adding a trusted
server:
 Trust all servers whose certificates are issued by a specified (root or
intermediate) CA.
NOTE: To configure a trusted server with OAC, the root Certificate Authority (CA)
or intermediate CA for the server certificate chain must be installed in the trusted
root or intermediate certificate store.