The most commonly encountered issues when connecting with the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client can be fixed by altering your browser settings. If you are having problems please see the following notes:
In these notes the term "Security Gateway" refers to the Cisco device to which the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client connects. Examples of Security Gateways include the Adaptive Security Appliance 5500 and Catalyst 6000.
The complete release notes for this product cover additional issues and are available from Cisco's website.
SSL uses certificates to identify peers in a connection. The Security Gateway has a certificate installed that is used to establish its identity. This certificate may be issued from a widely trusted source, such as Verisign or Thawte, that your computer is already configured to trust, or it may be a self-signed certificate that your computer will not trust automatically. This results in the Security warnings during connection establishment.
This section explains how to install a self-signed certificate as a trusted root certificate on a client in response to the browser alert windows.
Install the certificate as a trusted root certificate as follows:
Install the certificate as a trusted root certificate as follows:
By default, Safari blocks execution of Java applets. Follow these steps to enable Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client's Java applet execution.