Exchange Certificate Import Error (reason: PrivateKeyMissing).
KB ID 0000251 Problem When renewing or installing an Exchange Server certificate you see the following… Error: F9{– your thumbprint –}7398 was found but is not valid for use with Exchange Server (reason: PrivateKeyMissing). At line:1 char:27 + Enable-ExchangeCertificate <<<< -Services “SMTP,POP,IMAP,IIS” Solution You need to run a repair on your certificate. 1. Click Start > type...
Transferring Certificates to Exchange 2010
KB ID 0000264 Problem As a rule most of my clients use self signed certificates, (even though you can buy certs cheap as chips these days). If you have paid for a certificate I can see why you would want to transfer it to the new Exchange box, though if your using self signed certificates, it’s a simpler task to create a new one. But I was asked, and what you guys ask for, I will work out how to do 🙂 Solution Export Certificate...
Cannot Logon to HP System Management Homepage
KB ID 0000580 Problem This used to quite common when attempting to contact the HP Management Homepage, (or the local insight manager page) you can no longer get access. ERROR: Username and password do not match Solution With much older versions of the Systems Management Homepage (before it used domain user names and passwords) you could simply copy over the CPQHMMD.DLL file from a server you knew the password for, and then you could...
Securing Cisco SSL VPN’s with Certificates
KB ID 0000335 Problem It’s been a while since I wrote a walk though on the Cisco AnyConnect/SSL VPN solution, and usually I secure these with Active Directory or simply using the local user database on the firewall. But what if you wanted to use certificates instead? Perhaps your users are too “technically challenged” to remember their passwords. Or you want to enable two factor authentication with...
Cisco ASDM – Accessing with Ubuntu
KB ID 0000396 Dtd 11/02/11 Problem Even though I prefer to use command line, there are times I need to manage Cisco firewalls from the ASDM. To do this from my Netbook running Ubuntu 10.10 it was not as straight forward as I was used to. Solution In my scenario I’m using Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop Edition, Chrome as my browser, and the ASDM is running version 6.3(1). 1. Before we start I’m assuming you know what the ASDM is and...