Santos:CCNA Sec 210-260 OCG

Getting to the ASDM GUI

With that in place, the next thing to attempt is opening an HTTPS connection from a Windows PC (whose IP address you identified in the setup script). On the initial connection, your PC is given a digital certificate of the ASA, and unfortunately the certificate is self-signed by the ASA, and your browser will not by default trust that certificate. On a brand new ASA, you need to accept the certificate to get ASDM functionality. Later you can implement a public key infrastructure (PKI) signed certificate for the ASA. (For more information on digital certificates, see the chapter on PKI in this book.) After you accept the certificate, you are given the option of running ASDM as an applet directly from the ASA, or you can ...