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[ 03-12-2000 ]
Category
[ Information Technologies ]
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[ Microsoft ]
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[Installing a Secure Server ID on a Microsoft Server
This document introduces installing a Secure Server ID, and answers questions you might have.
Secure Server ID Installation Problems
When you receive your new Secure Server ID from VeriSign, you need to extract it from the e-mail message and install it on your server. To do this:
1. From your e-mail program, save the Secure Server ID to a file, such as cert.txt.
2. Open Key Manager from the Internet Server program group.
3. Select the key pair that matches your new Secure Server ID.
4. Choose Install Key Certificate from the Key menu.
5. Select the Secure Server ID file you saved in Step 1 and click Open.
6. When prompted, enter the password that you specified when creating the key pair.
7. Choose Commit Changes from the Servers menu.
8. When asked if you want to commit all changes now, click OK.
Note: If you do not specify an IP address when installing your Secure Server ID, the same ID will be used for all virtual servers created on the system. If you are hosting multiple sites on a single server, you can specify that the ID only be used for a particular server IP address.
Due to a minor problem in Microsoft's Internet Information Server V3.0 and earlier, you might encounter a BAD PASSWORD error when attempting to install your Secure Server ID. Microsoft is aware of this problem and it will be resolved in the next release of IIS.
If you encounter this error, there are two possible solutions:
Solution 1
1. Paste the Secure Server ID into NotePad (not Word or Wordpad), including the lines containing the begin and end
statements.
2. Remove any spaces between the left margin and the beginning of each line.
3. Add a blank line above the begin statement.
4. Add a blank line below the end statement. a line of
5. Remove any hidden spaces or hidden characters from the end of each line.
6. Select Save As and choose the "text-only with line breaks" file type and click OK. (The file should be named key.txt or
cert.txt.
7. Follow the instructions above to install this new file.
Solution 2
1. Go into the User Manager.
2. Locate the Internet Guest Account and double click it.
3. Enter and confirm a new password. Make sure the password is eight characters or less and does not contain any symbols,
such as: ~!@#$%^&*()_+).
4. Set the Password preferences so the password never expires.
5. Remove the check from the Account Locked check box.
6. Go into the IIS Internet Manager and select WWW Services.
7. Look for anonymous log on and locate the User Name (IUSER _ Server Name).
8. In the password field for this anonymous user, enter the same password you specified in Step 3.
9. Apply the changes.
10. Follow the instructions above to install the Secure Server ID.
Enabling SSL
Once you have applied the Secure Server ID, you must enable the SSL feature from the IS manager. SSL can be required on any virtual folder available in your web site and is configured on the Directories property sheet.
To enable SSL for a directory:
1. From the Internet Service Manager, double-click the www service to display its property sheets.
2. Click the directories tab.
3. Select the folder for which you want to set up SSL security.
4. Click Edit Properties.
5. Select the require secure SSL channel option.
6. Click OK
For more information, refer to your server documentation or visit the Microsoft web site.
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