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2 Expand the Computer Configuration section and open the policy for Windows Settings\Security
Settings\Public Key.
3 Right-click Intermediate Certification Authorities and select Import.
4 Follow the prompts in the wizard to import the intermediate certificate (for example,
intermediateCA.cer) and click OK.
5 Close the Group Policy window.
All of the systems in the domain now have a copy of the intermediate certificate in their intermediate
certification authority store.
Add the Root Certificate to the Enterprise NTAuth Store
If you use a CA to issue smart card login or domain controller certificates, you must add the root certificate
to the Enterprise NTAuth store in Active Directory. You do not need to perform this procedure if the
Windows domain controller acts as the root CA.
Procedure
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On your Active Directory server, use the certutil command to publish the certificate to the Enterprise
NTAuth store.
For example: certutil -dspublish -f path_to_root_CA_cert NTAuthCA
The CA is now trusted to issue certificates of this type.
Disable Weak Ciphers in SSL/TLS for View Composer and View Agent
Machines
To achieve greater security, you can configure the domain policy GPO (group policy object) to ensure that
View Composer and Windows-based machines running View Agent do not use weak ciphers when they
communicate using the SSL/TLS protocol.
Procedure
1 On the Active Directory server, edit the GPO by selecting Start > Administrative Tools > Group Policy
Management, right-clicking the GPO, and selecting Edit.
2 In the Group Policy Management Editor, navigate to the Computer Configuration > Policies >
Administrative Templates > Network > SSL Configuration Settings.
3 Double-click SSL Cipher Suite Order.
4 In the SSL Cipher Suite Order window, click Enabled.
5 In the Options pane, replace the entire content of the SSL Cipher Suites text box with the following
cipher list:
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P256,
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P384,
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA_P256,
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA_P384,
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P256,
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P384,
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256,
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
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