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Windows Forum / Internet Explorer / IE 6.x / August 2006Resource Specific Client Authentication doesn't work
IE 6.0 & IE 7.0 Beta 3 does not send client certificate, if the server requests for one on a particular SSL Connection, to enable accessing of a specific resource. At the most, a popup is thrown asking for the user to select the client certificate to be sent, but nothing is sent on the wire. When the popup opens are any certificates displayed in it? If not, the user has no client certificates meeting the server's requirements. > IE 6.0 & IE 7.0 Beta 3 does not send client certificate, if the server > requests for one on a particular SSL Connection, to enable accessing of a > specific resource. > At the most, a popup is thrown asking for the user to select the client > certificate to be sent, but nothing is sent on the wire. YES. Certificates are dispalyed when the pop up opens. I have exported a user certificate. But then even before the selection is made, the browser closes the connection with the Server. That's really weird. > When the popup opens are any certificates displayed in it? If not, the user > has no client certificates meeting the server's requirements. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > At the most, a popup is thrown asking for the user to select the client > > certificate to be sent, but nothing is sent on the wire. So you access an SSL page requiring a client certificate, the certificate window opens and displays certificates from which to choose, and the browser crashes without any displayed error before you can select a certificate to present? > YES. Certificates are dispalyed when the pop up opens. I have exported a user > certificate. But then even before the selection is made, the browser closes [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > At the most, a popup is thrown asking for the user to select the client > > > certificate to be sent, but nothing is sent on the wire. Browser doesn't crash. But the connection in which the Hello Request was sent from the Server to Client is closed by IE even before the certificate selection is done. A new SSL connection is generated by IE when the client certificate is selected and submitted. But then the certificate is not sent in the new SSL connection. > So you access an SSL page requiring a client certificate, the certificate > window opens and displays certificates from which to choose, and the browser [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > At the most, a popup is thrown asking for the user to select the client > > > > certificate to be sent, but nothing is sent on the wire. That sounds like a server-side issue to me. Do you get the same behavior pointing the browser to an unrelated system requiring client certificates? (You might have to set up a test server that does nothing but require a client cert and then display a simple page upon success. If you do this, make sure the test system is a different physical box.) > Browser doesn't crash. But the connection in which the Hello Request was sent > from the Server to Client is closed by IE even before the certificate [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > > > > At the most, a popup is thrown asking for the user to select the client > > > > > certificate to be sent, but nothing is sent on the wire. |
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