hi,
have you tried configuring the profile over the windows mobile ?
and what is the common name of your certificate ?
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Palm Centro Outlook EAS sync problems - Exchange 2003 SSL Error
Hello,
I setup a new SBS 2003 box (sp2 all updates, exchange sp2 all updates) recently and everything seems to be working fine except when i try to sync my mail to a palm centro with versamail 4.0.1 - i get an SSL error below.
I've tested all the settings for the virtual directories in IIS and they all function as they should. I tested the Centro with a different exchange server running SBS 2003 and it synced fine (different division in Europe)-- checked all the settings on that exchange server and they are identical.
1. https://mail.mydomain.com/
2. https://mail.mydomain.com/
3. certificate is valid (not a self certificate) issued by Starfield Secure Certification Authority (not go daddy)
4. performed https://www.testexchangeco
5. verified this works http://kb.palm.com/wps/por
6. verified i have latest version for centro http://kb.palm.com/wps/por
7. I also installed the SSL certificate onto the phone -- i don't have the link to the step-by-step but it involved downloading the certificate from the server, saving locally (where palm desktop is installed), converting the SSL certificate to a file that phone could understand (with a tool that was provided), adding new file to install directory for palm desktop, syncing with centro then soft resetting a couple times
Below is the exact error on the Palm Centro:
"SSL Error: No Trusted root. Update CA list. Contact your administrator if this error persists."
Centro is updated to the latest versions of software (sprint 1.07) and versamail (4.0.1.00) I'm running out of options to check/modify. I need this to work so that i can monitor admin alerts while away from the office. Thanks for any help.
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hi -- i dont have any users with windows mobile. Just Palm users.
The common name of the certificate is mail.MYDOMAIN.com
all the details are in the SSL test:
Testing SSLCertificate for validity.
The certificate passed all validation requirements.
Additional Details
Subject: CN=mail.MYDOMAIN.com, OU=Domain Control Validated, O=mail.MYDOMAIN.com, Issuer SERIALNUMBER=XXXXXXX, CN=Starfield Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.sta
Testing Http Authentication Methods for URL https://mail.MYDOMAIN.com/
Http Authentication Methods are correct
please advise if there is a emulator i can load for windows mobile -- maybe i could try something with that.
please download the emulator from here
http://msexchangeteam.com/
i installed a windows mobile 5 emulator and it works like a charm. Palm still will not sync however now the device shows 'forming secure connection' then after about 60 secs it errors with: "SSL certificate not accepted due to possible expiration. check device date & time and re-sync".
SSL certificate is valid untill 2011 -- and works on windows mobile 5 without any problems.
to test the communication with the server and the Palm device I setup IMAP on the server (SSL only) and enabled it with Chattermail which works (removed the EAS account from versamail). However chattermail is limited in that it only pulls emails and does not sync calendar/contacts.
try and check if you have any option to cee the certificates available on the device if you see those certificate please check if you have any certificate which is not valid please delete those certificates
export the new certificate on the device.
please install all the clases of the certificate
like Root, intermitent
and i hope this will work
here are some steps i did which did not help:
1. deleted all outdated certificates on the server
2. downloaded the valid mail.MYDOMAIN.com certificate on the server
3. moved certificate to local laptop where Palm ActiveSync is installed
4. hard reset the centro/deleted all data -- created new user profile -- hotsynced centro
5. installed certificate from step 2
6. setup eas on centro
7. attempted to test settings
8. same error: "forming secure connection' then after about 60 secs it errors with: "SSL certificate not accepted due to possible expiration. check device date & time and re-sync".
trying to locate a palm os emulator to see if i can get to work on another device (still works on windows mobile)
i was able to get the palm to sync with a test SBS box by creating a self signed SSL certificate here is what i did:
1. used selfssl.exe to create new certificate (site 1)
2. exported certificate with keys locally
3. installed new certificate in trusted root cert auth folder
4. exported new root certificate without keys locally
5. pulled new cert into palm install tool
6. hard reset centro
7. hotsynced centro (installs cert)
8. setup EAS
9. was able to sync
i performed the same steps on the live SBS box and was able to sync using the self signed certificate. However when i try this using the valid Starfield Secure Authority certificate i receive the 'SSL cert not accepted due to possible expiration'.
The certificate we have expires in 2011, i'm thinking that i may just give up on it -- what are the ramification of using a self signed SSL certificate -- only my users connect to the server for OMA/Exchange and I can just direct them to accept the error that comes up in IE/Mozilla (SSL certificate not signed by trusted authority) and add the SSL certificate exception.
Is my traffic any less secure when using a self signed SSL certificate as opposed to a authorized CA certificate?
in the installation instructions of the Starfield Secure Authority (SSA) certificate i am advised to disable the Starfield Secure Authority root certificate. This is because the SSA certificate uses a intermediate certificate. I attempted installing first the SSA root certificate on the client which caused the the original error -- then i disabled the root and installed the intermediate certifiate on the client (same error) and finally i tried installing the 'personal' certificate and get the same error.
I'm leaning towards the certificate being too new for the palm OS to understand -- i read about that somewhere in researching this problem. At this point i think i would rather try to test this on the Centro emulator which i have, except that i cannot get the emulator to connect to the internet thus sync.
Palm emulator does not like the Starfield certificate either -- even after installing certificate on emulator. I am now stuck with a valid certificate that does not work on the Palm OS... oh well when the time comes we will switch back to MS Mobile OS devices. thanks for sticking with this question.
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by: Whereismys4Posted on 2009-04-24 at 23:24:32ID: 24230994
below is the test result from activesync test using https://www.testexchangeco
Connectivity Test Successful
Test Details
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Testing Exchange Activesync for host mail.MYDOMAIN.com
Exchange Activesync was tested successfully
Test Steps
Attempting to Resolve the host name mail.MYDOMAIN.com in DNS.
Host successfully Resolved
Additional Details
IP(s) returned: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Testing TCP Port 443 on host mail.MYDOMAIN.com to ensure it is listening/open.
The port was opened successfully.
Testing SSLCertificate for validity.
The certificate passed all validation requirements.
Additional Details
Subject: CN=mail.MYDOMAIN.com, OU=Domain Control Validated, O=mail.MYDOMAIN.com, Issuer SERIALNUMBER=XXXXXXX, CN=Starfield Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.sta
Testing Http Authentication Methods for URL https://mail.MYDOMAIN.com/
Http Authentication Methods are correct
Additional Details
Found all expected authentication methods and no disallowed methods Methods Found: Basic realm="mail.MYDOMAIN.com"
Attempting an Activesync session with server
Testing an ActiveSync session completed successfully
Test Steps
Attempting to send OPTIONS command to server
OPTIONS response was successfully received and is valid
Additional Details
Headers received: MicrosoftOfficeWebServer: 5.0_Pub Pragma: no-cache Public: OPTIONS, POST Allow: OPTIONS, POST MS-Server-ActiveSync: 6.5.7638.1 MS-ASProtocolVersions: 1.0,2.0,2.1,2.5 MS-ASProtocolCommands: Sync,SendMail,SmartForward
Attempting FolderSync command on ActiveSync session
FolderSync command completed successfully.
Additional Details
Number of Folders: 11
Attempting initial sync (no data) for Inbox folder
Completed Sync Command successfully
Additional Details
Status: 1
Attempting to test GetItemEstimate command for Inbox Folder
Successfully received GetItemEstimate Response from Server
Additional Details
Estimate: 1 messages
Attempting to test Sync of Inbox Folder
Completed Sync Command successfully
Additional Details
Number of items synchronized: 0
activesync test -- success