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 […]
Articles Tagged: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: Unsupported Protocol – ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH
Add to Favorites Not all browser related errors are associated with SSL Certificates. Many are due to server configurations that set up communication between the website/server to the clients browser. Different browsers will showcase errors differently. But ultimately the troubleshooting process regarding these errors are the same. What is a Protocol or a Cipher? Protocols […]
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: 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 […]
Troubleshooting: At least one other site is using Https binding and the binding is configured with a different certificate.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]