A CA Certificate
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In order to use this option you will have to get a certificate from a known Certificate Authority (CA). Some CA examples are GoDaddy, VeriSign, Thawte, GeoTrust and Network Solutions.
The CA will ask you for a "certificate request". Create one following the next steps:
1. Go to the Thinfinity® Remote Desktop Server manager 'Genera'' tab. Click on 'Edit' on an HTTPs connection.
2. Click on "New" and , press the 'Create a self-signed certificate' button.
3. Fill in the form below with your organization data:
OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Country Code
The two letter country code of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 3166)
State
Full unabbreviated name of the state or province your organization is located.
Locality
Full unabbreviated name of the city where your organization is located.
Organization
The name your company is legally registered under.
Organizational Unit
Use this field to differentiate between divisions within an organization.
Common Name
The domain name or URL you plan to use this certificate with.
E-Mail Address
Company e-mail address.
Bits
We recommend using a 2048 length key.
4. The 'Common Name' field should be filled with the server+domain that will be used to access Thinfinity® Remote Desktop Server (rdp.mycompany.com)
5. Press 'Create' and the application will generate two files.
6. The first window will ask you a location to keep the private key file: 'Where do you want the private key file to be stored'.
a. Inform a name for your private key.
b. Select a place to keep it safe.
c. Press the 'Save' button.
7. The second window will ask you a location to keep the request file: 'Where do you want the request file to be stored.'
a. Inform a name for the request file.
b. Select a directory where you can find the file later on to send to the CA.
c. Press the 'Save' button.
8. The first file is the certificate private key. It should always be kept safe with you.
9. Send only the request file to the CA.
After the CA validation process, place the certificate they sent to you on Thinfinity® Remote Desktop Server cert directory and inform the path to the files on Thinfinity® Remote Desktop Server option (Certificate file, CA file and Private Key).
