Add to Favorites The Digicert Certificate Utility is probably one of the best certificate encryption tool out on the net. A lot of people become scared with key-pair encryption but key-pairs/certificates are actually fundamental easy to figure out. Unlike SSL certificates, code signing certificates perform the function of signing. Code signing certificates creates a tamper […]
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 Enable Or Import A Root Certifciate In Windows Systems Using MMC.
Add to Favorites Depending on the circumstance you may be getting mixed results of browser certificate trust or for whatever reason are experiencing an issue with Cross Root Certificates or warning of not fully trusting a chaining root. Cross Root Certificate where used back in the day by some Certificate Authorities to help certificate trust to […]
Troubleshooting: Error: “java.lang.Exception: Input not an X.509 certificate.”
Add to Favorites This Article consists of advanced troubleshooting to a very problematic issue that comes up with versions of Keytool when installing an SSL certificate. There can be numerous causes for this issue. By all normal means when following SSL Installation Instructions for Tomcat using pkcs7 or SSL Installation Instructions for Tomcat using x.509 the user […]
How To Make A Master pkcs7 Format Certificate?
Add to Favorites Unlike a x509 (.pem, .cer, .crt) format certificate a pkcs7 format certificate will include an SSL Certificate and its Intermediate CA within its coding. Microsoft type systems utilize pkcs7 format. x509 format is usually used for Apache type systems. Majority of all CA’s will only include the SSL Certificate and its Intermediate […]
Troubleshooting: SAP Incomplete FCPath, need certificate of CA, Certificate chain error
Add to Favorites During installation of an SSL Certificate on a SAP system you may get the following error: “Incomplete FCPath, need certificate of CA” (CN=VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority – G5, OU=”(c) 2006 VeriSign, Inc. – For authorized use only”, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O=”VeriSign, Inc.”, C=US) “import_own_cert: Installation of certificate failed” Causes: […]
Troubleshooting: Host headers in Microsoft Server 2013 IIS 8.0 & 8.5
Add to Favorites Depending on your environment you may have the following Issues: Website A is coming up as website B. Unable to assign a certificate due to another website using the same IP or Port. Host Name when binding the certificate is grayed out. Using Host Headers requires that the following conditions are met: […]
Troubleshooting: Host headers in Microsoft Server 2008 IIS 7.0 & 7.5
Add to Favorites Depending on your environment you may have the following Issues: Website A is coming up as website B. Unable to assign a certificate due to another website using the same IP or Port. Host Name when binding the certificate is grayed out. Using Host Headers requires that the following conditions are met: […]
Server 2003 IIS 6 – CSR/Install Instructions for Renewals without removing the existing certificate
Add to Favorites Issue Condition: To generate a new CSR without removing the current certificate, a Temporary Dummy website can be created. This workaround will apply for Microsoft IIS 6 server 2003 that currently have certificates installed on their website, but a new CSR with a new key-bit length or different information in the Distinguished Name […]
Troubleshooting: “Cannot find the certificate request that is associated with this certificate file.”
Add to Favorites In Windows IIS, and Exchange systems you may receive the following error message when attempting the installation of a digital certificate. “The pending certificate request for this response file was not found. This request may be canceled. You cannot install selected response certificate using this Wizard.” Or “Cannot Find the certificate request that […]
Troubleshooting: Error: “The certificate is invalid for Exchange Server usage”
Add to Favorites In Windows Exchange systems you may receive the following error message after the installation of a digital certificate. “The certificate is invalid for exchange server usage” This warning message occurs due to the following: The SSL certificate cannot be verified to a trusted certificate authority. The SSL certificate that was installed is […]