Friday, November 12, 2010

Certificates

Certificates

The *.cer certificate for the CA that was created in windows needs to be moved to the /etc/ssl/certs folder on the linux box. I renamed the *.cer file to *.pem. Not sure if that was necessary.

Documentation Secure LDAP Active Directory environment | User Management Resource Administrator

Documentation Secure LDAP Active Directory environment | User Management Resource Administrator

Finally! Those instructions will create the appropriate certificate and allow for an ssl (tls) connection. My main stumbling block was that I was creating the certificate for ad.colemantech-high.com instead of blade4.ad.colemantech-high.com. The certificate name has to be exactly the same as the resolved host name.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

A Step-by-Step Guide to Advanced Certificate Management

A Step-by-Step Guide to Advanced Certificate Management

For the previous entry that explains how to create a self-signed cert, it tells you to open up the certificate mmc. This is different from the Certification Authority mmc. Run mmc.exe, then add a new console and choose Certificates.

RE: Authenticating with TLS against Active Directory

RE: Authenticating with TLS against Active Directory Self-signed certificate