Re: Client certificate error with web services

I might suggest that you post the PEM (base64) version of the certs so we
could look at them, but I'm not sure you want to do that and I'm not sure
that would help. Assuming that the CNs are the same in both certs, there
must be some other difference that is causing the problem.

Taking a different approach, did you enable Schannel event logging at the
debug level? It is often helpful with unraveling various SSL issues.

Joe K.

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"oldbear" <oldbear@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Joe

I used the CN attribute with a wild card. Also tried using a 1 to 1
mapping
with an exported .cer file from the cert.

It worked fine with the Microsoft CA cert.


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"Joe Kaplan" wrote:

Do you know which attribute in the certificate is being used to identify
the
user to Windows via the mapping?

Joe K.

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"oldbear" <oldbear@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi

I have a web service which uses WSE for signing, and SSL for
confidentiality
and authentication.

Authentication is via client certificates.

The above scenario is already implemented and cannot be changed.

Client certs produced by a Microsoft CA work fine for authentication.
The
certificate is mapped to a user in the SAM via certificate mapping. In
the
IIS log, I can see that the user is the one from the local SAM, and so
this
means that the certificate mapping has taken place.

However, when I use a certificate produced by GeoTrust, this will not
work.
It results in a 403: Access Forbidden error (status code of 5).

The iis log shows that the mapping to the user account has not taken
place.

The client cert from the Microsoft CA shows that it is valid for Client
Authentication only in the properties box, and it's purpose is 'Proves
your
identity to a remote computer'.

The certificate from GeoTrust shows that it is valid for Client
Authentication, as well as other uses. It's purpose is 'All
application
policies'.

The CRLs for the Geotrust cert have been downloaded from the CRL
distribution point and placed in the certificate store. Intermediate
certs
have been placed in the Intermediate Authorities folder, and the root
authority has been placed in the trusted root ca folder.

Please can you give any suggestions on why this does not work. Let me
know
if you need further clarification.

Thanks in advance

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