PIX 515E and certificates

May 09, 2005 0 Replies

Hi to everyone!


I'm trying to configure certificate use for my PIX (515E with PIX 6.3). I have installed CA on MS Windows 2003 Server (domain controller) as enterprise stand-alone CA, and also I have installed Microsoft SCEP adds-on. But when configuring PIX, I stop on instruction:


ca authenticate my_CA_nick_name


which returns:


msgsym(GETCARACERT, CRYPTO)! %Error in connection to Certificate Authority: status = FAIL


CA identity is configured as follow:



ca identity jowisz 172.16.0.10:/certsrv/mscep/mscep.dll


I'm suspecting that problem is due password requirements by SCEP service (When I enter manually address 172.16.0.10:/certsrv/mscep/mscep.dll into my browser, I'm prompted for password). I have read in Resource Kit Help, that I can disable this password requirements by setting HK_LM\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\MSCEP\AllowAll to 1, but it didn't work!


Any idea what is wrong?


P.S. After turning on "debug crypto ca" command "ca authenticate jowisz" produces following output:



pix(config)# ca auth jowisz


CI thread sleeps!



Crypto CA thread wakes up!



CRYPTO_PKI: http connection opened



msgsym(GETCARACERT, CRYPTO)!



%Error in connection to Certificate Authority: status = FAIL


CRYPTO_PKI: Error: Invalid modulus length in public or private key while


CRYPTO_PKI: WARNING: Unsupported certificate or CRL signature algorithm while ve



rifying self-signed cert signature



pix(



CRYPTO_PKI: WARNING: A certificate chain could not be constructed while selectin



g certificate status


CRYPTO_PKI: Error: Code 0x0000 while selecting self signed certificate


CRYPTO_PKI: WARNING: Certificate, private key or CRL was not found while verifyi



ng cert in message by issuer self-signed cert


CRYPTO_PKI: WARNING: A certificate chain could not be constructed while selectin



g certificate status


CRYPTO_PKI: Error: Code 0x0000 while selecting self signed certificate


CRYPTO_PKI: WARNING: Certificate, private key or CRL was not found while verifyi



ng cert in message by issuer self-signed cert


CRYPTO_PKI: WARNING: A certificate chain could not be constructed while selectin



g certificate status


CRYPTO_PKI: Error: Code 0x0000 while selecting self signed certificate


CRYPTO_PKI: WARNING: Certificate, private key or CRL was not found while verifyi



ng cert in message by issuer self-signed cert


CRYPTO_PKI: status = 324: failed to verify



CRYPTO_PKI: transaction GetCACert completed



Crypto CA thread sleeps!



CI thread wakes up!config)#



pix(config)#


Thanks in advance for any sugestions:


Krzysztof.


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