Attribute

ValidateServerCertificate (VSC)

Purpose

Determines whether the driver validates the certificate that is sent by the database server when SSL encryption is enabled (Encryption Method=1). When using SSL server authentication, any certificate sent by the server must be issued by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA). Allowing the driver to trust any certificate returned from the server even if the issuer is not a trusted CA is useful in test environments because it eliminates the need to specify truststore information on each client in the test environment.

Truststore information is specified using the Trust Store and Trust Store Password options.

Valid Values

0 | 1

Behavior

If set to 1 (Enabled), the driver validates the certificate that is sent by the database server. Any certificate from the server must be issued by a trusted CA in the truststore file. If the Host Name In Certificate option is specified, the driver also validates the certificate using a host name. The Host Name In Certificate option provides additional security against man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks by ensuring that the server the driver is connecting to is the server that was requested.

If set to 0 (Disabled), the driver does not validate the certificate that is sent by the database server. The driver ignores any truststore information specified by the Trust Store and Trust Store Password options.

Default

1 (Enabled)

GUI Tab

Security tab