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Chapter 45      Configuring Cisco Mobility Advantage
  Information about the Cisco Mobility Advantage Proxy Feature
Trust Relationships for Cisco UMA Deployments 
To establish a trust relationship between the Cisco UMC client and the adaptive security appliance, the 
adaptive security appliance uses the Cisco UMA server certificate and keypair or the adaptive security 
appliance obtains a certificate with the Cisco UMA server FQDN (certificate impersonation). Between 
the adaptive security appliance and the Cisco UMA server, the adaptive security appliance and Cisco 
UMA server use self-signed certificates or certificates issued by a local certificate authority. 
Figure 45-4 shows how you can import the Cisco UMA server certificate onto the adaptive security 
appliance. When the Cisco UMA server has already enrolled with a third-party CA, you can import the 
certificate with the private key onto the adaptive security appliance. Then, the adaptive security 
appliance has the full credentials of the Cisco UMA server. When a Cisco UMA client connects to the 
Cisco UMA server, the adaptive security appliance intercepts the handshake and uses the Cisco UMA 
server certificate to perform the handshake with the client. The adaptive security appliance also performs 
a handshake with the server. 
Figure 45-4 How the Security Appliance Represents Cisco UMA – Private Key Sharing
Figure 45-5 shows another way to establish the trust relationship. Figure 45-5 shows a green field 
deployment, because each component of the deployment has been newly installed. The adaptive security 
appliance enrolls with the third-party CA by using the Cisco UMA server FQDN as if the adaptive 
security appliance is the Cisco UMA server. When the Cisco UMA client connects to the adaptive 
security appliance, the adaptive security appliance presents the certificate that has the Cisco UMA server 
FQDN. The Cisco UMA client believes it is communicating to with the Cisco UMA server. 
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