RE: Page cannont be displayed ... Cannot find server or DNS error - I'

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From: Narasimha Athota (NarasimhaAthota_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/22/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:35:01 -0800

Hello All,

I am also getting the same kind of problem with the same error message when
I use https to my login screen. Only login screen is enabled to use SSL and
all other screens in my site does not use SSL. I am using IE6 in Windows 2003
standard edition. I have tried out all kinds of settings in some KB artcles,
most of them are focussed to Windows OS's other than 2003. Are there any
specific settings that need to be enabled to make the https working in IE 6 ?

Please let me know if somebdoy has got any idea ?

Thanks
NArasimha

"Daniel J. Reynolds" wrote:

> When attempting to get a Web Page from a SSL Web Site on IIS 5
> using IE6 SP1 located on the same computer as the Web Server
> I get the following error:
>
> "Page Cannont be Displayed ... Cannot Find Server or DNS Error"
>
> Read on before you respond!!!
>
> When I try:
>
> http://10.1.1.80 I get the Web Page
> http://sitename.domain.com I get the Web Page
> https://10.1.1.80 I get the Web Page
> however I also get a warning that certificate is invalid or
> there is a name mismatch
> the installed certificate's commion name is
> sitename.domain.com (error is expected)
> https://sitename.domain.com I get "Page cannot be Displayed .."
>
> System is W2K with SP4, IE6 Sp1, IIS 5, all available updates
> from Windows Update Service - nothing else - all newly installed.
>
> Web site is 2nd Website and has Certificate from Enterprise Root CA.
> Certificate appears to work using IP address - not DNS/common name.
>
> Default Web site is installed and active. It has no certificate.
>
> Web site content is a simple HTML file that has been assigned as the
> default document.
>
> The DNS/Common name sitename.domain.com is resolvable from both the
> intranet as well as the internet - nslookup reports the approppriate
> IP addresses in each case.
>
> The DNS/Cmmon name sitename.domain.com is not the same as
> hostname.domain.com.
>
> The behavior is the same when I attempt to get the Web Page from
> an another host on the internet.
>
> I have reviewed the issue on the Newsgroups and have attempted the
> following:
>
> KB290391 Removed the SSL (443) binding from default Web Site.
> KB259349 Disabled Socket Pooling.
> KB292296 Assured that sspifilt.dll is listed in Master Properties.
> KB324839 Assured that sspifilt.dll is NOT listed in the Registry.
> KB292296 Assured that SSL Post is entered as 443.
> KB292296 Assured that 0.0.0.0:443 not bound to All Unassigned.
> KB292296 Assured that 10.1.1.80:443 web site address is bound to SSL.
> KB260096 Assigned and removed a certificate on the Default Web Site.
>
> Finally I tried the sequence described in KB265847, KB228821, and
> KB228836. This resulted in a certificate issued to
> IWAM_CERTSERVERNAME rather than
> sitename.domain.com. Obviously it didn'y work.
>
> I ran both SSLDiag/Simulate SSL Handshake and wfetch.
> They both appear to work?? The results are included below
> I changed the actual site name and domain name.
>
> wfetch
> =================================
> started....resolve hostname
> "sitename.domain.com"WWWConnect::Connect("10.6.21.80","443")\n
> source port: 2598\r\n
> REQUEST: **************\nGET / HTTP/1.1\r\n
> Host: sitename.domain.com\r\n
> Accept: */*\r\n
> \r\n
> RESPONSE: **************\nHTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
> Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0\r\n
> X-Powered-By: ASP.NET\r\n
> Content-Location: https://sitename.domain.com/Default.htm\r\n
> Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 20:08:37 GMT\r\n
> Content-Type: text/html\r\n
> Accept-Ranges: bytes\r\n
> Last-Modified: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 19:43:07 GMT\r\n
> ETag: "aacc9124bc0c41:d8f"\r\n
> Content-Length: 546\r\n
> \r\n
> <HTML>\r\n
> <HEAD>\r\n
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">\r\n
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1">\r\n
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" CONTENT="Private">\r\n
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" CONTENT="no-cache">\r\n
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" content="text/html;
> charset=iso-8859-1">\r\n
> <TITLE>High Aspect Development</TITLE>\r\n
> </HEAD>\r\n
> <BODY>\r\n
> <Center>\r\n
> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="6">High Aspect
> Development</font></p>\r\n
> <p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Default
> Page</font></p>\r\n
> </CENTER>\r\n
> </BODY>\r\n
> </HTML>\r\n
> \r\n
> finished.
>
> SSLDiag:
> =====================================================
>
> System time: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 19:46:01 GMT
> Connecting to 10.6.21.80:443
> Connected
> Handshake: 78 bytes sent
> Handshake: 2000 bytes received
> Handshake: 118 bytes sent
> Handshake: 43 bytes received
> Handshake succeeded
> Verifying server certificate, it might take a while...
> Server certificate name: sitename.domain.com
> Server certificate subject: C=US, S=Indiana, L=Ogden Dunes, O=High
> Aspect Development, OU=Report Server, CN=sitename.domain.com
> Server certificate issuer: E=dan@domain.com, C=US, S=IN, L=Ogden
> Dunes, O=High Aspect Development Corporation, OU=High Aspect, CN=High
> Aspect Enterprise Certificate Authority
> Server certificate validity: From 11/2/2004 11:20:05 AM To 11/2/2006
> 11:20:05 AM
> HTTPS request:
> GET / HTTP/1.0
> User-Agent: SSLDiag
> Accept:*/*
> HTTPS: 72 bytes of encrypted data sent
> HTTPS: 340 bytes of encrypted data received
> HTTP/1.1 200 OK
> Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
> X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
> Content-Location: https://10.6.21.80/Default.htm
> Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 19:46:01 GMT
> Content-Type: text/html
> Accept-Ranges: bytes
> Last-Modified: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 19:43:07 GMT
> ETag: "aacc9124bc0c41:d8f"
> Content-Length: 546
> HTTPS: 588 bytes of encrypted data received
> <HTML>
> <HEAD>
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1">
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" CONTENT="Private">
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" CONTENT="no-cache">
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" content="text/html;
> charset=iso-8859-1">
> <TITLE>High Aspect Development</TITLE>
> </HEAD>
> <BODY>
> <Center>
> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="6">High Aspect
> Development</font></p>
> <p align="center"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Default Web
> Page</font></p>
> </CENTER>
> </BODY>
> </HTML>
> HTTPS: server disconnected
> Final handshake: 23 bytes sent successfully
>
> It seems that I've tried everything??
> Any help, ideas??
> Thanks
>

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