Re: Client Certificates

From: Damien (damien.mccartney@bicsystems.com)
Date: 08/30/02 

From: "Damien" <damien.mccartney@bicsystems.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:31:07 +0100

Cheers Dimitris and thanks for your help,
    Do i need to install Certification Services even if i am using a CA???

Cheers Damien

"Dimitris Katsikas" <d.katsikas@altanet.gr> wrote in message
news:uxLMe30TCHA.2400@tkmsftngp13...
> Damien i had the same problem two weeks ago...
> The Server Certificate you have chosen in IIS-Directory Security tab is
> probably invalid or is the Root CA Certificate.
>
> What i did was to install Certificate Services as a standalone CA, then
> requested a server certificate from IIS and finally submitted this request
> to
> my standalone CA in order to get a valid Server Certificate...The new
> Certificate looked like MyCompany CA Root/www.mysite.com!
>
> The whole proccess is through http://machinename/certcrv/ that is created
> automatically after installing Certification Services (you need Win 2K
> Server for the installation).
> Then through http://machinename/certcrv/ again i requested client
> certificates from remote computers in my domain.
>
> The "trick" is to select Advanced Options in the web form for the request
> when are about to issue a server certificate...else User Certificate will
do
> for client certificate request!
>
> I hope this will help you...
> Be patient though because the documentation is really messy...
>
> Katsikas Dimitris
>
>
>
> "Damien" <damien.mccartney@bicsystems.com> wrote in message
> news:p%5b9.1060$aM6.61041@newsfep1-gui.server.ntli.net...
> > I am trying to take a persons client certificate of their machine (i.e
my
> > own which I downloaded from verisign as a trial).
> >
> > I have installed a trial cert from verisign and installed it to create a
> web
> > site that is viewed over a SSL, but when i click require client
> certificate
> > i get a page cannot be displayed error.
> >
> > does anyone know anything about certs?
> >
> > Cheers Damien
> >
> >
>
>

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