Problem Setting Up x.509 Certificates for WSE2.0

From: Mike Clark (michael.clark_at_nospam.ofm.wa.gov)
Date: 09/21/04

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    I am having trouble following the instructions provided for the sample apps
    found in the ReadMe.txt file provided for WSE2.0. Under "Setting up certs"
    the instructions say to use the MMC and "open both the current user's
    certificate store and the local machine certificate store snap-ins. Using
    Right-Click -> All Tasks -> Import..., import each of the following
    certificates from the 'Certificates' folder (provided) into the appropriate
    stores."

    The problem I run into is that the instructions do not seem to match the
    realities on my W2K box. The directions say to import them as follows:

     MsdnWse2SecuritySamplesClient.cer (Client's public key) ->
    LocalMachine/Other People
     MsdnWse2SecuritySamplesServer.cer (Server's public key) ->
    CurrentUser/Other People
     MsdnWse2SecuritySamplesClient.pfx (Client's private key) ->
    CurrentUser/Personal
     MsdnWse2SecuritySamplesServer.pfx (Server's private key) ->
    LocalMachine/Personal

    While there is a Personal store for both CurrentUser and LocalMachine, there
    is no Other People store! I am at a loss of how to get past this --- there
    are a number of other stores, including "Trusted Root Certificates",
    "Enterprise Trust", "Trusted People" and so on, but no exact match to "Other
    People". Unfortunately, "Other People" is exactly what the WSE 2.0
    Certificate Tool is looking for and I am at an impasse!

    Any suggestions?

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