Internet Explorer recording from secure Web sites

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The proxy recording program intercepts traffic between the browser and the Web server. During recording at a secure Web site (https), by default you see a security warning before each action and must confirm acceptance of a security risk to continue.

If you do nothing, this warning is displayed with each browser action, and repeatedly click Yes to continue. Performing the following procedure installs the recorder certificate on the local host as a trusted authority and thereby disables warnings from Internet Explorer during recording at secure Web sites. This procedure does not affect other browsers that record from secure Web sites—they will display warnings before each action.

To suppress the security warning displayed when you are recording from a secure Web site...

1. During test recording, the first time the warning is displayed, click...
   View Certificate | Install Certificate | Next | Next | Finish

2. In the Root Certificate Store confirmation window, click Yes.

3. In the window that reports that the import was successful, click OK.

4. In the Certificate window, click OK.

5. In the Security Alert window, click OK.

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