Re: Exchange 2003 ActiveSync, Sprint PPC-6700 and SSL: Giving me a

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Michael,

My certification path was the same www.mydomain.com that my website uses for
some reason. For email I use www.mydomain.com/exchange and that's the
address I used for Activesync and my phone works great with air sync. But
try the certificate anyway - it won't hurt anything on the device if it
doesn't help.

And if it doesn't work, where is the website (in IIS) that you do use for
Exchange mail? How to you connect to your remote mail from outside the
office? When I look at IIS in Server Management, I see Exchange under the
default website tree, but maybe yours is somewhere else?

--
Ginny Caughey
..NET Compact Framework MVP


"Michael Smith" <MichaelSmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A9D47183-AA3E-4EFB-8938-00F1E6568AD4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Ok I found where you are talking about and the certificate listed was
>
> publishing.domainname.local
>
> This is obviously not the address that we connect to for mail. So my
> question becomes... even though this cert is not the exact name, will it
> work
> the same as if it was?
>
> Did you have the same problem Ginny with your phone? Did this particular
> cert work or did you have one that was the exact same?
>
> "Ginny Caughey [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Michael,
>>
>> Thanks to Bart Martens, Mobile Devices MVP, for these directions which
>> worked for me:
>>
>> On your SBS server you have to generate first a certificate. You have to
>> go
>> to IIS>Servername>WebSites>>Default Websites>Directory Security>Secure
>> communicatio and than View Certificate>Details>copy to file.
>>
>> The *.cer file is now generated in your root folder on your C-drive (I
>> guess)
>>
>> Copy the .cer file to your device.
>>
>> Once the file is on your device, find it using the device's File Explorer
>> and click on it to launch it (which installs it).
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ginny Caughey
>> ..NET Compact Framework MVP
>>
>>
>> "Michael Smith" <MichaelSmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:B93B6DEC-A1BE-474E-AD19-E326846C5DEE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > How would one generate a root certificate?
>> >
>> > "Ginny Caughey [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Michael,
>> >>
>> >> You can have your server generate a root certificate - you don't have
>> >> to
>> >> purchase one. But the best place to get specific answers to Exchange
>> >> air
>> >> sync questions are on the microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync
>> >> newsgroup.
>> >> Here's a FAQ that might help too:
>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2003/actsyncfaq.mspx
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Ginny Caughey
>> >> ..NET Compact Framework MVP
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Michael Smith" <MichaelSmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:550207E9-D594-4FB4-A9E2-5CC6D484B9C2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > Ok, I know this retreads a few posts, but I couldn't find anything
>> >> > to
>> >> > solve
>> >> > my problem.
>> >> >
>> >> > As with many others, I am having problems with the Sprint PPC-6700
>> >> > utilizing
>> >> > Exchange ActiveSync over the Sprint Dialup connection on SBS 2003.
>> >> > Based
>> >> > on
>> >> > my research so far, it seems that the most likely offender is the
>> >> > way
>> >> > WM5
>> >> > processes SSL certs. Whereas previous versions were a bit liberal
>> >> > in
>> >> > what
>> >> > they accepted, the current version apparently wants an exact SSL.
>> >> >
>> >> > Based on some postings on a few other boards, I tried to copy the
>> >> > SSL
>> >> > certificate onto the PDA. It was easy to do, however, the SSL
>> >> > certificate
>> >> > reflects the internal site name. Well this is a problem as the
>> >> > phone
>> >> > needs
>> >> > to connect to it anywhere. When I sync with this cert, it tells me
>> >> > it
>> >> > needs
>> >> > a cert with the correct name... in this case the outside name.
>> >> >
>> >> > So my question is, other than paying for an SSL cert, something I
>> >> > reject
>> >> > on
>> >> > principle in this situation, how can I use SSL when syncing with
>> >> > Active
>> >> > Sync
>> >> > in the manner described above. Is there another certificate I can
>> >> > use
>> >> > to
>> >> > copy onto the PPC-6700 that will do the trick? Can I create one
>> >> > using
>> >> > SelfSSL that will work?
>> >> >
>> >> > PLEASE HELP!!! If you know a workaround, or which cert to use
>> >> > please
>> >> > let
>> >> > me
>> >> > know. Please be specific on the certs, as in where it is located in
>> >> > the
>> >> > Certificates MMC. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>


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