Event ID 6 and 13
KB ID 0000473 Problem Event ID 6 Source: Microsoft-Windows-CertificateServicesClient-AutoEnrollment Description: Automatic certificate enrollment for local system failed (0x800706ba) The RPC server is unavailable. Event ID 13 Source: Microsoft-Windows-CertificateServicesClient-CertEnroll Description: Certificate enrollment for Local system failed to enroll for a DomainController certificate with request ID N/A from {hostname}{name...
NDES – Fails to Issue Certificates (Signature Algorithm)
KB ID 0001021 Problem I was trying to enroll some ASA firewalls to NDES to get some certificates. Each time the process failed with the following error. % Error in receiving Certificate Authority certificate: status = FAIL, cert length = 0 That’s a pretty generic error, and does not give me a lot to go on. So I thought I would try from another network device, (a Cisco Catalyst switch). It’s a little easier to...
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 ASA 5500 – Using a Third Party Digital Certificate
(For Identification, AnyConnect, and SSL VPN) KB ID 0000694 Problem A client asked me how to do this, so off I went to the test bench to work it out. Note: I’m this example In going to submit the request to, and issue the certificate from, my own windows domain certificate authority, you would send your request to a third party certificate authority, here’s a direct link to the certificate type you require. To use your own...