You must install the proper certificate

We get a message when connecting to client desktops in SBS 2008 Standard
that says "To connect to Remote Web Workplace, you must install the proper
certificate. Contact the person who provides technical support for your
network". We connect OK to the server and get the default Web page that
shows the links for "Check E-mail, Connect to a computer, And Internal Web
site, etc". We click on "Connect to a computer", get the logon message for
the computer and then the certificate message.
We do not have a public Web server and are connecting over the Internet
using the IP address of the server in the format HTTPS://xx.xx.xx.xx/remote
We used the certificate already installed on this server option instead of
purchasing a trusted certificate. We copied the Install Certificate Package
to the remote client and it said it installed OK.
What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it?
Thanks foi your help.

 

Take my advice - get yourself an SSL cert now, and stop using your public IP
address to access your network remotely. See
http://sbs.seandaniel.com/2009/02/installing-godaddy-standard-ssl.html for
info on the SSL cert.

You can use a self-signed cert but this is VERY much discouraged, especially
in SBS2008, and you can't use an IP address with that. You need a hostname -
e.g., remote.mycompany.com.

 

Hello,

Thank you for posting here.

According to your description, I understand that:

You receive the error while accessing the SBS 2008 RWW.

If I have misunderstood the problem, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Yes, Lanwench is right. A certificate is essential for publishing RWW. For
more detailed information, you may refer to:

Receiving Certificate Errors When Connecting to Clients/Servers with TS
Gateway or Remote Web Workplace on SBS 2008
http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2008/10/03/receiving-certificate-errors
-when-connecting-to-clients-servers-with-ts-gateway-or-remote-web-workplace-
on-sbs-2008.aspx

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to let me
know.


Best regards,

Miles Li

Microsoft Online Newsgroup Support

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Just get an DNS A record with the same name as your certificate eg. if your
certificate is remote.yourdomain.com then get an A record (from whoever
controls your DNS) and then use that to connect - will work a treat!

If the client doesn't have the certificate package you can email it to them
as they can still get into Outlook Web Access with an invalid certificate.
The other advantage of a valid certificate is that RPC over HTTP will work
(if you need to use that)

But, yes, I suppose is is easier to buy a cert but for purely your own use
it does seem slightly pointless - you didn't need to in 2003...