Microsoft KB Archive/300988

= SSL Port Disappears When Certificate Removed in Key Manager =

Article ID: 300988

Article Last Modified on 6/22/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q300988



We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx



SYMPTOMS
When you remove a certificate in Key Manager, the SSL port for the site in which the key was bound may be blank in the Internet Service Manger. If you create a new key, this SSL port binding is not restored.



CAUSE
When a key is deleted from Key Manager, the binding to the SSL port is removed because without a key no SSL binding can exist.



WORKAROUND
After you remove a key, install or import a new key and configure the SSL port in the site's properties in the Internet Services Manager.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information on how to create and install certificates in IIS 4.0, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

228991 How to Create and Install an SSL Certificate in Internet Information Server 4.0

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