macOS: ASDM Developer Cannot Be Verified

KB ID 0001667

Problem

When trying to connect to a Firepower 1010 ASDM I was met with this;

“Cisco ASDM-IDM.app” cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified.
macOS cannot verify that this ap is free from malware

Solution

If you’ve spent much time using macOS then this is quite common, Open System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General tab > You will see a warning about the Cisco ASDM-IDM > Click ‘Open Anyway‘.

If you are prompted again simply click ‘Open‘.

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Event ID 29

KB ID 0001032 

Problem

Seen on a Microsoft Certificate Services server running NDES.

Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-NetworkDeviceEnrollmentService
Date: 04/02/2015 11:22:26
Event ID: 29
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: PETENETLIVESVC_NDES
Computer: PNLPKI00v.petenetlive.com
Description:
The password in the certificate request cannot be verified. It may have been used already. Obtain a new password to submit with this request.

Solution

I got this error every time a network device tried to enroll with the NDES server. You are seeing this error because the NDES server is expecting the password that generated by visiting this url http://{hostname-of-NDES-Server}/Certsrv.mscep_admin.

Normally I disable the password requirement when I build NDES, this time I’d simply forgotten. To disable the password requirement, follow this process.

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