Add to Favorites Active Directory Federation Service (AD FS) enables Federated Identity and Access Management by securely sharing digital identity and entitlements rights across security and enterprise boundaries. AD FS extends the ability to use single sign-on functionality that is available within a single security or enterprise boundary to Internet-facing applications to enable customers, partners, […]
Category: 7. SSL Tools & Troubleshooting
Various SSL Tools & Troubleshooting articles for maintenance and resolutions to popular errors you may come across when installing an SSL certificate.
How to install SSL certificates on Mac OS X Mavericks Server & Yosemite Server
Add to Favorites Apple OS X Mavericks is version 10.9 of the OS X computer operating system. New features in OS X Mavericks include inactive memory compression, enhanced support for multiple displays and iCloud Keychain, a built-in password generation, storage and security application. OS X Mavericks debuted at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in June 2013. […]
CSR generation instructions on Mac OS X Mavericks Server & Yosemite Server
Add to Favorites Apple OS X Mavericks is version 10.9 of the OS X computer operating system. New features in OS X Mavericks include inactive memory compression, enhanced support for multiple displays and iCloud Keychain, a built-in password generation, storage and security application. OS X Mavericks debuted at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in June 2013. […]
Install your SSL Certificate on Lync 2010
Add to Favorites Install your SSL Certificate on Lync 2010 Introduction: Microsoft Lync 2010 combines instant messaging, VoIP calling, live meetings, and videoconferencing, but it’s more than the sum of these parts. Although Lync integrates with almost any PBX, it puts the PC at the center of communications so effectively that it could send your […]
Steps to generate CSR on Lync 2010
Add to Favorites Steps to generate CSR on Lync 2010 Introduction: Microsoft Lync 2010 combines instant messaging, VoIP calling, live meetings, and videoconferencing, but it’s more than the sum of these parts. Although Lync integrates with almost any PBX, it puts the PC at the center of communications so effectively that it could send your […]
How to Install Your New Code Signing Certificate Into The Digicert Certificate Utility
Add to Favorites After you have enrolled for your Code Singing Certificate using a CSR generated from the utility you will then have to Import/Install the Code Signing Certificate after it gets issued. The CA should give you a pkxs7 format certificate also known as a .p7b. The way they give you this certificate will […]
Why Can Only Certain Browsers Generate Automatic Keypairs?
Add to Favorites In the world of PKI and SSL some certificate authorities use browsers such as Internet Explorer or Firefox to automatically generate keypairs to be used with Email-S/MIME Code Signing or Client Authentication Certificates. Not all Browsers have the capability to generate these keypairs due to licensing restrictions of the <keygen> and ActiveX […]
SHA-1 or SHA-256 for Windows kernel-mode Code Signing
Add to Favorites Problem Windows Vista and Server 2008 trigger a security warning for code running in kernel mode if the code was signed with a SHA-256 Authenticode certificate. The current workaround is to use a SHA-1 certificate. However, SHA-1 is being deprecated. Patched versions of Windows 7 and newer versions of Windows operating systems […]
Web Browsers Now Marking HTTP sites “Not Secure”
Add to Favorites Web Browsers have now started marking HTTP sites as ‘Not Secure’ with release of Chrome 68+. For the past several years, Google strongly advising webmasters (sites) to adopting HTTPS encryption. Google said that within the last year, they helped users understand that HTTP sites are not secure by gradually marking a larger […]
Troubleshooting: Apache – AH02238: Unable to configure RSA server private key
Add to Favorites When restarting Apache, the following error message may appear: Error: AH02238: Unable to configure RSA server private key Cause: This error occurs when the incorrect private key (.key) and or public key (.crt/.pem – SSL Certificate) files are selected in the configuration file (https. conf or ssl.conf) Solution: You must use the […]