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List:       ms-cryptoapi
Subject:    Re: Client authentication
From:       Tomaz Klobucar <klobucar () E5 ! IJS ! SI>
Date:       1998-01-30 8:39:53
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Hello,

> Tomaz Klobucar wrote:
>>I wonder if anyone has experienced the following problem. When
>> a user tries to connect with MS IE 4.0 to a web server which requests

>> client identification a window pops up with a message: "The Web site
you
>> want to view requests identification. Select the certificate to use
when
>> connecting". The problem is that no user certificates are displayed
although
>> they can be viewed at View/Internet Options/Content/...

John Banes wrote:
> This is probably okay. Your client certificate was likely issued by a
CA
> that the server does not trust. When the server requests client
> authentication (using SSL3), it sends a list of CAs that it trusts. If
your
> client certificate is not on this list, then IE will not display the
> certificate in the client authentication dialog.

Well, there is a root CA that issued a certificate to another CA that
issued
certificates to a web client (MS IE 4.0) and a web server. The server
trusts
certificates of both CAs, and the client has a root CA's certificate
installed.
Netscape Communicator does not have any problems.

Regards, Tomaz

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