Outbound certificate policies system properties

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title: Outbound certificate policies system properties
description: System properties that control outbound certificate policy enforcement, and the global certificate validation properties that apply to domains without a policy.
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# Outbound certificate policies system properties

System properties that control outbound certificate policy enforcement, and the global certificate validation properties that apply to domains without a policy.

## Feature system properties

The following system properties control outbound certificate policy enforcement.

|Property|Default|Description|
|--------|-------|-----------|
|`com.glide.communications.httpclient.outbound_cert_policy.enabled`|false|Enables outbound certificate policy enforcement. When false, policy records have no effect and all domains use the global certificate validation properties.|
|`com.glide.communications.httpclient.outbound_cert_policy.debug`|false|Enables debug logging for outbound certificate policy processing.|
|`com.glide.communications.httpclient.outbound_cert_policy.max_entries`|100|The maximum number of resolved policies the instance retains for reuse across outbound connections.|

## Global certificate validation properties

The following global properties define the default certificate validation behavior. They apply to any domain that does not have an outbound certificate policy.

|Property|Default|Description|
|--------|-------|-----------|
|`com.glide.communications.httpclient.verify_hostname`|true|When true, validates that a certificate matches the target hostname for outbound connections.|
|`com.glide.communications.httpclient.verify_revoked_certificate`|true|When true, verifies that a certificate has not been revoked for outbound connections.|
|`com.glide.communications.trustmanager_trust_all`|false|When true, the instance trusts all certificates for outbound connections. Leave this property false in production.|