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Content Gateway SSL Certificate Verification
Glossary
Subject Alternative Name (SAN)
Subject Alternative Names protect multiple hostnames with a single certificate after specifying a list of hostnames to be protected.

Content Gateway SSL Certificate Verification
- Introduction
- SSL support and the Certificate Verification Engine (CVE)
- CVE Best Practices
- Certificate Verification Failures and Remediation Options
- Troubleshooting Certificate Verification Failures
  This section describes how to use resources in Content Gateway and on your PC to troubleshoot certificate verification failures.
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Additional Resources
- Glossary
  - Certificate Revocation List (CRL)
    The Certificate Revocation List is used to check a certificate’s revocation state and includes a list of certificates that have been issued and subsequently revoked by a given Certification Authority (CA).
  - Certificate Verification Engine (CVE)
    The Certificate Verification Engine verifies certificates and checks for revoked certificates within Content Gateway.
  - Common Name (CN)
    A Common Name is composed of the host + domain name that is used to identify the location being accessed.
  - Explicit proxy
  - Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)
  - Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
  - Server Name Indication (SNI)
  - Subject Alternative Name (SAN)
    Subject Alternative Names protect multiple hostnames with a single certificate after specifying a list of hostnames to be protected.
  - Transparent proxy
  - Transport Layer Security (TLS)
    Transport Layer Security (TLS), successor to Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), is the protocol that provides secure HTTP (HTTPS) for Internet transactions between Web browsers and Web servers.
  - Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
    A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) identifies points of content such as a page of text, a video, a sound clip, a still or animated image, or a program.
  - Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
    Uniform Resource Locator is the unique address for a website or file that is accessible on the Internet.
  - Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP)
    Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP) transparently redirects users to cache servers without having to configure proxy settings in their browsers.

Subject Alternative Name (SAN)

Subject Alternative Names protect multiple hostnames with a single certificate after specifying a list of hostnames to be protected.

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