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Trouble setting up witness in SQL Server mirroring scheme w/ error

I've got a trio of Windows servers (data1, data2 and datawitness) that aren't part of any domain and don't use AD. I'm trying to set up mirroring based on the instructions at http://alan328.com/SQL2005_Database_Mirroring_Tutorial.aspx. I've had success right up until the final set of instructions where I tell data1 to use datawitness as ...

How to debug client certificate using IIS5.1 on XP and C#

Ola, I need to develop a website (in C#, asp.net 3.5) that will require client certificates. I'd like to debug this, using Visual Studio. I have setup IIS to use a self-signed certificate using the excellent tool SelfSSL I have also setup the default site to require SSL and to require client certificates. But I do not know how to create...

How to login to Hudson with a certificate

I'm trying to setup Hudson in an environment where all the users use certificates. I looked around the archives here, on nabble, and on google, but if this is documented somewhere, i think I'm missing it. I'm sure part of the answer to this will be related to Hudson, and some will be specific to my servlet container. Under Security, I...

Value of MCITP: Database developer/administrator

I'm targeting these two certificates. But I don't really know that how they affect my CV, and, of course, my salary. Are they truly valuable? Do they make differences in your work and your position before and after you get it? ...

Error using PHP cURL with SSL certificates

I'm trying to write a PHP script using cURL that can authorize a user through a page that uses an SSL certificate, in addition to username and password, and I can't seem to get past the SSL cert stage. In this case, curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_VERIFYPEER, 0) unfortunately isn't an option. The certificate is a required part of authenti...

Embedded webserver and certs

I have an app with an embedded webserver. This webserver can now do SSL via the OpenSSL package :) Now to the cert issue. This app is sold, which I say because it's not just sitting on a server I own -- it gets installed on thousands of computers. I want my customers to be safe so I want them to use SSL as painlessly as possible. Ri...

wcf certificate Keyset does not exist problem after reboot

Hi There are two projects in one VS solution: client(wpf app) and а wcf service lib. I'm using Message security and a custom AspNetMembershipPrivider on th server side to validate username and pass. As i'm not using Windows security, I had to use certificate on server to establish secure chanell, and what i did: - opened my local IIS ma...

Create a signed certificate with crypt32.dll

I want to create certificates programmatically in C#.net which are signed by a CA. I was able to create a self signed certificate with CertCreateSelfSignCertificate as described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa376039(VS.85).aspx http://stackoverflow.com/questions/187588/self-signed-certificate-in-windows-without-makecert...

How do I create an MSI in VS 2008 to install a certificate into Trusted Publisher store on client machine?

What are the steps needed to create a VS 2008 MSI setup and deployment file to install a custom created certificate/key onto a client's machine? ...

Importing a certificate into Jetty

The overall goal here is to have jetty be configured with a client certificate to be able to call a secure SOAP web service. Does anyone know how to configure Jetty to accept a client certificate (*.cer) ? Update: I did not find an easy way to implement a solution to my problem/question, but the sole answer here technically is correct!...

How do digital certificates work when used for securing websites (using SSL)?

Please help me understand how the process goes. I understand that web browsers contain root certificates for certificate authorities (CAs) like verisign, Entrust, Comodo .. etc, but what exactly happens when a user accesses a secure page? Does the web browser send a request to the server of the CA to verify the ceriticate or it just uses...

Azure tools use wrong certificate for publishing

Hi folks, I am developing a Windows Azure Demo Site which uses HTTPS instead of HTTP. So I configured my Azure project to use one self-signed certificate for local development and another (not self-signed) certificate for publishing it into the cloud, just like this description says. However, whenever I publish my site to the Azure Por...

Convert a CERT/PEM certificate to a PFX certificate

I've seen a couple questions about how to convert a PFX to a cert file, but I need to go the other way. I have two files: bob_cert.cert bob_key.pem I'd like to convert them to a single .pfx file. Is there a tool that does this? ...

How to install an application signing certificate on a Motorola Phone?

Motorola phones do not have Verisign/Thawte root certificates for code signing. They only embed Java UTI certificate, that requires you to pay to sign your application for every phone model you want to sign the app for (and this, every time you want a new version of the app). I've created a simple web page pointing to a certificate (DER...

How can I install same certificate on two different store locations with WIX?

I made the installer for certificates but it couldn't execute because it was returning error number 26352. I discovered it is because I am installing same certificate twice but on different store locations (current user and local machine). ...

How can I verifiy signed JARs with pure Java?

I don't want to use the jarsigner -verify. Is there no JAR util package for my problem? I just want to verfiy a JAR in pure Java. ...

Is it possible to make a ClickOnce Certificate last longer than 12 months?

The title says it all really. Can I make an internally generated certificate/key last longer than 12 months? ...

Why are SSL certs self-signed if they have no real signature

I understand that normally an SSL (or more precisely X.509) certificate is supposed to be signed by some certifying authority to assure that it is genuine. In some cases no such signature exists, e.g. if you generate a cert for testing purposes, or if you are the certifying authority (root certificate). In these cases, self-signed certi...

XML Signature in a Web application

Hi, We are developing an e-Banking web application for a small bank (up to 20000 clients/users). We have to implement digital signatures with X509 certificates (issued by CA on USB tokens) for signing payment information. We tried using CAPICOM but it seems that it is not working well with Windows Vista (have not tried it with Win 7). T...

Self-signed certs -- helping users know they need to add root CA to trusted cert store

I have a desktop product which uses an embedded webserver which will use self-signed certs. Is there something that I can put in a web page that would detect that they haven't added the root CA to their trusted list, and display a link or DIV or something directing them how to do it? I'm thinking maybe a DIV that has instructions on ...