Microsoft KB Archive/264126

= XADM: Cannot Send Messages Using SSL After You Install Windows 2000 Certificate =

Article ID: 264126

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q264126





SYMPTOMS
After you obtain a new certificate from a Microsoft Windows 2000 certification authority (CA), the organization name, common name, and other values specified in the certificate request may not appear in the certificate's properties. In addition, if you install the certificate, commit the changes, and then attempt to send messages using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) authentication, the Exchange Server computer may not be able to establish the SSL connection.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the Windows 2000 certification authority issues the certificate using base-64 encoding instead of binary encoding. The Key Manager program (Keyring.exe) that is used to install certificates on an Exchange Server computer does not support base-64-encoded certificates.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, convert the base-64-encoded certificate you obtained from the Windows 2000 certification authority to use binary encoding instead.

Keywords: kbnofix kbprb KB264126

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