SSL (TLS) Certificate

This section describes the SSL certificate usage in the cb.conf file.

Carbon Black EDR uses certificates in the following ways:

• Sensors use SSL server certificates to validate that they are communicating with the correct Carbon Black EDR server.
• The Carbon Black EDR server uses SSL client certificates to validate that it is communicating with authentic sensors.
• The Carbon Black EDR server uses an SSL server certificate to validate that it is communicating with the correct Carbon Black EDR Alliance server.
• The Carbon Black EDR Alliance server uses SSL client certificates to validate that it is communicating with authentic Carbon Black EDR servers.