Re: RPC Over HTTP

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From: NTborg (NTborg_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:04:04 -0500

So do I need to buy a certificate for the server to point it to the FQDN on
the internet? Just wondering because this is confusing me.

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" <mark@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> "NTborg" <NTborg@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I have set this up on a windows 2003 exchange server not running sp1. From
>>a
>>remote client at my house i can not connect, however if I add a host entry
>>to my hosts file and change the public DNS name to the internal netbios
>>name
>>of the server it works... any ideas on where I need to make the change so
>>i
>>do not have to use a host file?
>>
> When you access a web site from a pc that does not have the root
> certificate installed you get that popup box with the green ticks and
> yellow warnings (3 of them, mixed as appropriate). You say yes and
> then get to the web site fine.
> With RPC over HTTPS you don't get this so the certificate either has
> to be trusted, you need to import it or, as in the case of you, you
> have to enter a host name in hosts and use the public address.
> If you want to get around this you need to buy a proper certificate.
>
>
> Mark Arnold MCSA MCSE+M MVP,
> FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exchange.htm
> Blog: http://www.msexchange.me.uk

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