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This article was FANTASTIC!!! It was exactly what i was looking for and answered my question VERY well. Even though we’re using IIS 5, this can easily be interpreted. Thanks again!!]]>Robert Smith Tue, 28 Oct 2003 04:12:37 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/change-and-configuration-management/configuring-iis-4-0-certificate-authentication#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/change-and-configuration-management/configuring-iis-4-0-certificate-authentication#commentsAnchorSun, 13 Oct 2002 09:38:35 GMT
I spent hours and hours working on this problem. The directions here are the ONLY ones that I have been able to get to work. Horrible documentation on Microsoft’s part. THANK YOU for documenting this on the web or I would still be scratching my head.]]>Mike Mellskog - MCSE Sun, 13 Oct 2002 09:38:35 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/change-and-configuration-management/configuring-iis-4-0-certificate-authentication#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/change-and-configuration-management/configuring-iis-4-0-certificate-authentication#commentsAnchorFri, 07 Apr 2000 10:47:50 GMT
I have to agree, this article was timed perfectly. I was struggling with issuing Client Certificates and finding that the server that issued them would not recognize them. Who would have thought to enter the CA Name in the State field. Thanks for the timely solution.]]>Sam Rener, MCSE Fri, 07 Apr 2000 10:47:50 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/change-and-configuration-management/configuring-iis-4-0-certificate-authentication#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/change-and-configuration-management/configuring-iis-4-0-certificate-authentication#commentsAnchorMon, 09 Aug 1999 10:46:13 GMT
I rarely respond to the authors of any of the thousands of articles that I read each year, but I have to make an exception in this case. Ramon Ali’s “Configuring IIS 4.0 Certificate Authentication” (February) couldn’t have come at a better time for me. I was in the process of installing Microsoft Certificate Server 1.0, and Microsoft’s technical support representatives were already tired of me telling them that they needed to produce better documentation about the installation and configuration of the product and the known problems concerning the product’s operation. Ali’s article provided the explanation I needed to install the product and the confidence to research a problem I encountered. Every time I tried to start the Certificate Server service, my system timed out with a message stating that the service wouldn’t respond to the control function. Ali’s article convinced me I hadn’t done anything wrong, so I went in search of some documentation to help with the problem. The Microsoft article “Certificate Server Fails to Start After Unattended Installation" (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q190/0/59.asp) addresses the problem and provides an easy fix for it. The article explains that the problem occurs only when you perform an unattended setup of Certificate Server, but my experience says otherwise. In the article, Microsoft details how to create a .reg file to enter the necessary Registry keys the OS doesn’t create during Certificate Server installation, but I entered the Registry values manually. In less than 2 minutes, I resolved the problem. The Registry entries were crucial, but if I hadn’t read Ali’s article, I wouldn’t have made it even far enough to have this problem. Keep up the good work.
--Kyle S. Hamilton

The Registry settings that the Microsoft article describe seem to point to problems associated with database logging for Certificate Server. I’ve experienced similar problems during a reinstallation of Certificate Server, but I’ve managed to fix them simply by moving the certsrv.mdb file from wherever it is to C:\winnt\system32.
--Ramon Ali]]>Kyle S. Hamilton Mon, 09 Aug 1999 10:46:13 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/change-and-configuration-management/configuring-iis-4-0-certificate-authentication#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/change-and-configuration-management/configuring-iis-4-0-certificate-authentication#commentsAnchorFri, 06 Aug 1999 11:15:31 GMT
I’m trying to deploy a secure extranet to a few hundred vendors, and I’ve been struggling with how to incorporate certificates and leverage the services Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) offers. I was ready to give up after spending so much time trying (unsuccessfully) to make heads or tails of Microsoft Certificate Server. Then, I read Ramon Ali’s “Configuring IIS 4.0 Certificate Authentication” (February). Finally, here’s an article with some insight and real application of Certificate Server! The other February articles about e-commerce and Microsoft Site Server are also worth their weight in gold. The February issue is Windows NT Magazine’s best issue yet.
--Steve Katsirubas]]>Steve Katsirubas Fri, 06 Aug 1999 11:15:31 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/change-and-configuration-management/configuring-iis-4-0-certificate-authentication#commentsAnchor