[isalist] Re: ISA Server 2006 Intra-Array Communication

  • From: Steve Moffat <steve@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ISA Mailing List <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:28:01 -0300

voodoo....

From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Jerry Young
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 2:07 PM
To: ISA Mailing List
Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA Server 2006 Intra-Array Communication

No, no.

For the cert that I was attempting to assign to the listener, no reason was 
given.  ISA just said it was invalid.  We were guessing that the reason for 
flagging it as invalid was because it didn't have a private key.

The "no private key" error was on the machine certs installed by our Enterprise 
CA (and not listed as a potential cert for assignment).  The "strange behavior" 
was that sometimes ISA would say no private key and at other times say they are 
just fine.  Not sure what changed between yesterday and today but today ISA is 
consistently showing those as all good - today.
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Jim Harrison 
<Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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??
that shouldn't give you a "no private key" error..?

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From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
[mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On 
Behalf Of Jerry Young
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 8:31 AM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA Server 2006 Intra-Array Communication
Something else to add to the list of possible causes.

Turns out an expired intermediary certificate (thanks VeriSign :P) existed in 
the Intermediate Certification Authorities Computer Store.  The new one was 
being dropped into the Personal Computer Store.  By deleting the expired 
certificate and moving the new one to the Intermediate Certification 
Authorities Computer Store, the issue was resolved.


On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Jim Harrison 
<Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

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       This can also happen when you dbl-click on the cert, import it to your 
personal store, realize your mistake and copy it to the machine store.
       When you do this, the private key stays in your personal store.


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       Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA Server 2006 Intra-Array Communication

       Actually, I did. :(


       On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Steve Moffat 
<steve@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto:steve@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:


              You haven't exported the private key along with the cert.



              S



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              So... this is what I see (see attachment) after I import the SSL 
cert received from VeriSign on both servers and attempt to assign it to a 
listener.  It's driving me nuts. :(



              Thoughts?

              On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Jim Harrison 
<Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

              http://www.ISAserver.org<http://www.isaserver.org/> 
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              This is set in the "Communication" tab of each server properties.
              You tell ISA what IP address to use and the interface is selected 
on that basis.
              Er..
              Why do you want them to communicate with each other via the 
external interface?
              There can be no web proxy listener operating there an so no 
intra-array communications can take place.
              Do the certs exist on all array members?  They must if you want 
to assign them to a VIP.


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              Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 7:18 AM
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              Subject: [isalist] ISA Server 2006 Intra-Array Communication

              All,

              I seem to recall reading something that talked about a Registry 
entry that can be used to tell ISA Server which interface to use for 
intra-array communication.  This is not the same as the 
UnicastInterHostCommSupport Registry value.

              Right now, I'm in the process of standing up a pair of ISA 
Servers in an array but am waiting for the network engineers to properly 
configure the switch port to which the external interface on one the servers is 
connected.  Until that time, the two servers can't communicate with each other 
over the external interfaces.  I'm running into some strange behavior (machine 
certs sometimes show as installed correctly, not installed correctly, or can't 
be found) when attempting to assign a certificate (different from the machine 
cert) to a listener that runs on top of an NLB VIP on the external interfaces 
and I'd like to rule out network connectivity between the two as a potential 
cause.

              Does anyone know of which I write or did I somehow muddle and 
morph something I read into something that doesn't exist?
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              Cordially yours,
              Jerry G. Young II
              Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

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