SSL problem using Macintosh browser

From: rmac (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/18/03 

Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:06:23 -0800

Is this a new certificate? Maybe the Macs don't have this
certificate listed in the trusted store and the PC's do. I
do know that the company's certificate must be listed in
the ROOT store. If you have a Mac look in the trusted
store and see if you see this company's certificate
listed. To do this open IE. Then Edit>Preferences then
click "Security" under the "Web" category. This works for
Mac OS 8.6 and 9. I don't know about OS X. This is the
only reason I can think of that would explain your
problem. I don't have a lot of experience with
certificates either and, as far as Macs are concerned I
have found very little documentation on them.

Windows has an update for the ROOT certificate store for
pc's on their Windows Update site. I don't have any info
on updating Macs root store.

I am using VeriSign's certificate for one of our sites and
it establishes the secure connection. For the certificate
I issued I had to install the certificate to establish the
secure connection or I would receive the same error
message you are receiving.

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm still unclear about "installing the certificate". My
>experience with SSL is light. I have a certificate I've
>purchased from GeoTrust. It installs on the web server. I
>enable SSL for the site on the server and the internet
>users go the site using HTTPS: and SSL kicks in. Nothing
>(installed) was required on the internet users end in the
>past???
>
>Thanks much.
>Bob
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>My mistake. Our Mac OS 9 users had experienced the same
>>error message as you after I had secured the site. I
>>wasn't using a trusted certificate. When I installed the
>>certificate they were able to establish a secure
>>connection.
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>I'm a bit confused. This is not an intranet but an
>>>internet app. Old ASP version never required installing
>>>cedrtificates manually??
>>>
>>>Bob
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>The certificate gets installed automatically to the
>pc's
>>>>in your domain. You must install the DER certificate
>>>>manually on the Macs by going to your certificate
>>>server:
>>>>http://certsrvname/certsrv/
>>>>
>>>>This is what worked for me.
>>>>
>>>>HTH
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>Greetings,
>>>>>I'm hoping someone has experienced a problem I'm
>having:
>>>>>
>>>>>I have an existing ASP application (working fine)
>that
>>>>>uses an SSL server certificate. My user community is
>>>made
>>>>>up of both PC's and Macintosh computers.
>>>>>
>>>>>I've re-written this application in ASP.NET for a
>>>number
>>>>>of reasons and now find that my Mac users are having
>>>>>problems with the application. SSL works just fine
>for
>>>PC
>>>>>users, won't work for Mac users (browser is Internet
>>>>>Explorer). When a Mac user tries to login to my
>>>>>application using SSL (https://) the browser produces
>>>an
>>>>>error saying "Security failure, a secure connection
>>>could
>>>>>not be established". Mac users can use the site/app
>>>>>without SSL (http://)
>>>>>
>>>>>This is the same server and site and server
>certificate
>>>>>that was used with the ASP app. Is there a problem
>>>>>using "server.transfer()" when SSL is part of the
>>>>>equation? Any special web.config issues?
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm truly stumped on this one... Thanks so much for
>any
>>>>>assistance.
>>>>>
>>>>>Bob Skutnick
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>.
>>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

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