Re: Can someone explain this difference in IE behavior?

ohaya_at_yahoo.com
Date: 12/11/03

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    Date: 11 Dec 2003 10:32:00 -0800

    Henri,

    I understand the 403.7 error. That is not what I was asking about.
    What I'm not clear on is why the empty/blank certificate popup window
    gets displayed in some cases, but not in other cases?

    Jim

    "H Leboeuf" <NoAddress@generation.invalid> wrote in message news:<vtgumu1vl1336e@corp.supernews.com>...
    > Have you seen these articles?
    >
    > Error Message: 403.7 Forbidden: Client Certificate Required
    > When you try to establish communication with a Web site that requires client
    > authentication, you may receive the following error messages:
    > HTTP Error 403.7 Forbidden: Client certificate required.
    > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=186812 (7/4/2003)
    >
    >
    > Error 403.7 or "Connection to Server Could Not Be Established"
    > One of the following errors occurs when trying to browse a Web site that has
    > Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) enabled:
    > HTTP Error 403.7 Forbidden: Client certificate required.
    > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=190004 (5/20/2003)
    > --
    >
    > Henri Leboeuf
    > Web page: http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm
    >
    >
    > "Ohaya" <ohaya@NOSPAMcox.net> wrote in message
    > news:3FD84EB5.616BAF5E@NOSPAMcox.net...
    > > Hi,
    > >
    > > I'm cross-posting this to an IE browser group and to the Platform SDK
    > > group, as this may be either IE-specific or something to do with some
    > > underlying crypto mechanism...
    > >
    > >
    > > I am doing some testing with SSL and client certificates with IE, using
    > > IE6 on Windows 2000.
    > >
    > > My test web server is IIS5, and it is setup for SSL, with both server
    > > and client authentication.
    > >
    > > Generally, everything is working, but I've noted one difference in
    > > behavior between some machines which I don't understand and can't
    > > explain.
    > >
    > > Here's the situation:
    > >
    > > 1) I have a Win2K user account setup on several machines that has no
    > > client certificates installed.
    > >
    > > 2) On some machines, when I connect to my SSL web site, I get a popup
    > > window asking me to select a client certificate to use. Since there are
    > > no client certificates, the panel in the window is blank. When I click
    > > "YES", I get a 403.7 error (client certificate required).
    > >
    > > 3) On some other machines, when I connect to my SSL web site, I don't
    > > get the popup window described in #2 above at all. I simply get the
    > > page with the 403.7 error.
    > >
    > >
    > > I cannot figure out why #2 occurs on some machines, while #3 occurs on
    > > other machines.
    > >
    > >
    > > BTW, the versions of IE6 are the same service pack level on all the
    > > above machines, and the machines are on Win2K SP4.
    > >
    > >
    > > Can anyone explain this difference behavior?
    > >
    > >
    > > Thanks in advance!!
    > >
    > > Jim

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