RSA SecurID Error – ‘106: The Web server is busy. Please try again later’
Jan17

RSA SecurID Error – ‘106: The Web server is busy. Please try again later’

RSA SecurID Error KB ID 0000975  Problem Not the most descriptive of errors! In fact this has got nothing to do with the busyness of the web server at all. Solution : RSA SecurID Error What’s actually happening is the RSA agent on this machine (in this case a web server) cannot communicate with the RSA Authentication Manager. In my case the web server was in a DMZ, and the RSA Authentication Manager Appliance was in another DMZ....

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Event ID 53 – ‘The public key does not meet the minimum size required by the specified certificate template’
Nov17

Event ID 53 – ‘The public key does not meet the minimum size required by the specified certificate template’

KB ID 0000967  Problem I’ve been doing a lot of PKI work over the last few days, testing device enrollment and NDES etc, and came across this problem being logged on my issuing/subordinate CA server; Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-Windows-CertificationAuthority Event ID: 53 Task Category: None Level: Warning Keywords: User: SYSTEM Description: Active Directory Certificate Services denied request 35 because The public...

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Securing Exchange OWA with RSA SecureID
Nov17

Securing Exchange OWA with RSA SecureID

KB ID 000096 Problem Later on in the year I’ve got a big RSA and SharePoint deployment, as I know ‘Zippity Squat’ about SharePoint, I thought the best way to get some hands on experience, was to work out how to integrate SecureID with Exchange 2013, (which I know a few things about!) Solution I’m assuming you already have RSA Authentication Manager setup and users/tokens deployed. This run though is simply to...

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RSA Authentication Manager – Importing SecureID Tokens
Nov17

RSA Authentication Manager – Importing SecureID Tokens

KB ID 0001080  Problem It’s been a while since I had to do this, you used to simply take a number from the token pack, import it into the RSA Authentication Manager, job done. Now the tokens are shipped to you encrypted, you need to register them with RSA, decrypt them, then import them. Solution 1. The tokens come with the licenses encrypted, on an accompanying CD. Go to the URL specified on the CD. 2. Good job I was alone and...

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Cisco ASA Site to Site VPN’sSite to Site ISAKMP VPN (Main Mode)
Nov17

Cisco ASA Site to Site VPN’sSite to Site ISAKMP VPN (Main Mode)

KB ID 0000213 Problem As with most things, before you have a hope of fixing something, you will stand a better chance if you know how it works in the first place. Below is a quick run though of what’s happening with your site to site VPN’s and how they work. For the entire process we will have two Cisco ASA 5500 firewalls and a site to site VPN. Solution What’s an Initiator and a Responder? 1. Our Laptop 192.168.1.50...

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