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iOS and HTTPS scanning with apps that use certificate pinning issue.

Hello, 

I'm not sure where to put this but here goes. 

I have set up HTTPS scanning on my network and pushed both the SSL certificate and the CA certificate to the iOS devices. I installed the profile and made sure the the certificates are trusted under root. 

The problem that I have found is that some apps use a certificate pinned in the app itself and don't trust the apple certificates on the device. The problem that then happens is that when the firewall decrypts the traffic and re-encrypts it, the certificate is now a Sophos certificate and the app will not communicate because the certificate does not match that one inside the app and it thinks that a man in the middle attack is happening. 

Some of the apps that I found that are not compatible are; Ring doorbell, Honeywell Home Connect, Genisys Credit Union, Flagstar Bank, and I am sure there are many others. 

What can be done about this? I have a feeling that nothing can be done other then not using HTTPS scanning and to me that leaves a major security hole in your network. 



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  • Hi,

    the thing with phones is when out of the home the applications can connect without supervision, so you need to aim in protecting your home environment. I isolate my IOT devices into seperate network with seperate rules.

    ian

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