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Installation with YaST
Figure 1.18: Testing the Internet Connection
available patches (if any), which can be selected and loaded. To learn about
the process, read Section 2.3.2 on page 52. This kind of update can be per-
formed at any time after the installation. If you prefer not to update now,
select ‘Skip Update’ then click ‘OK’.
1.8.5 Network Services
After testing the Internet connection and downloading the first updates, a
dialog opens in which to enable and to configure two important network
services (see Figure 1.19 on the following page):
CA Management The purpose of a CA (Certificate Authority) is to guar-
antee a trust relationship among all network services communicating
with each other. If you decide that you do not want to establish a CA,
secure server communications on the basis of SSL and TLS, but sep-
arately for each individual service. By default, a CA is created and
enabled during the installation. Details about the creation of a CA
with YaST are found in Section 26.1 on page 620, together with some
background information on the topic.
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