[lir-wg] lir-portal

Lance,

On Fri, 9 May 2003 13:34:53 +0100 (BST)
Lance Davis <lance at uklinux.net> wrote:

> 
> I just tried to create an X.509.PKI cert, using ie version 5, when I
> have selected ie as the browser, it then comes up with a popup for the 
> 'cryptographic provider' that is empty, and the button to generate 
> certificate gives an error - Object doesnt support this property or
> method 'encoder.HashAlgorithm'
> 
> The offending line is :-
> 
> encoder.HashAlgorithm = "MD5"
> 
> Any ideas ???

This is a known error of IE. Microsoft Hotfix Q323172 or equivalent is
required to use IE to request your certificate. See Microsoft Security
Bulletin MS02-048 for details.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-048.asp

Please proceed with caution - RIPE NCC does not assume any responsability
over the consequences of applying this patch.
 
Regards,


-- 
Manuel Valente - Software Manager - RIPE NCC