Add to Favorites In Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) you may receive the following error when assigning a certificate to a site binding. “At least one other site is using the same HTTPS binding and the binding is configured with a different certificate. are you sure that you want to reuse this HTTPS binding and […]
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.
Troubleshooting: Assigning a friendly name to an SSL Certificate in Windows
Add to Favorites Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is the management console that is used to configure, manipulate, create, and fix services on a windows system in the back end that you probably wont be able to do with any front end application. It is used heavily to troubleshoot matters related to SSL certificates on Windows systems. If you […]
Troubleshooting: Checking SSL installation with a browser
Add to Favorites After you have installed your SSL certificate you may want to check installation. There ware two ways to go about checking its installation. By using a browser. This article will show case Google Chrome. By SSL Checker. See our article Troubleshooting: SSL with Qualys SSL Labs – SSL Checker to learn more. Lets […]
Java Keytool Commands
Add to Favorites Keytool is a tool used by Java systems to configure and manipulate Keystores. The following are a list of commands that allow you to generate a new Java keystore file, create a CSR, import certificates, convert, and check keystores. The Italic parts in the conversions below are examples of you own files, or […]
OpenSSL Commands
Add to Favorites OpenSSL is used for many things other than running encryption on a website. It is also used for the generation of CSR keypairs, and more importantly within this article converting. The Italic parts in the conversions below are examples of you own files, or your own unique naming conventions adapt these Italic name […]
Troubleshooting: Ciphers, Protocols, or SSL with Qualys SSL Labs – SSL Checker
Add to Favorites There are many SSL checkers out there which are used to check the validity and installation of a websites SSL Certificate. Majority of these checkers may vary on the information that they display or may have limitations, as they only perform their function as programmed. Aside from using an SSL Checker tool […]
Portecle: Advanced Keystore Creation and Manipulation Tool
Add to Favorites Portecle is a user friendly GUI application for creating, managing and examining keystores, keys, certificates, certificate requests, certificate revocation lists and more. The scenario for using such a tool is if a server system lacks the capability of generating a CSR keypair on its own. Another Senario would be if large networks […]
Troubleshooting: Unsecured or Mixed Content – “Your connection to this site is not fully secure”
Add to Favorites Mixed Content warnings happen with all certificates now regardless of certificate type. The most drastic loss in functionality though is EV certificates. Even though an Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificate may have been installed in https (The channel of the website that performs encryption) on a website some browsers may require that the entire […]
Troubleshooting: Tomcat x509 – “Failed to establish chain from reply.”
Add to Favorites Troubleshooting: Tomcat x509 – This Article consists of advanced troubleshooting to a very problematic issue that rarely comes up with versions of keytool when installing an SSL certificate in x509 format. Issue: By all normal means when following SSL Installation instructions for Tomcat using X509 you should have a smooth installation, but […]
Troubleshooting: Missing Private key in Windows Servers
Add to Favorites Like the majority of server systems you will install your SSL certificate on the same server where your Certificate Signing Request (CSR) was created. This is because your private key will always be left on the server system where the CSR was originally created. With Microsoft systems the private key is hidden […]