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SBS VPN Error 781

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by mpiaser

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I am trying to establish a VPN connection to my SBS 2003 server. I think I have created a certificate and have installed it on the client PC. But, when I try to access the VPN I get an error 781 - Connection requires a certificate and no valid certificate was found.

I don't know what "certificate store" I'm supposed to be storing the certificate into. Also, perhaps I did something wrong in initially creating the certficate.

Help please?

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by bpatlen

Assuming you manage a PKI within your network (can't recall if SBS2003 has CA role), your domain certificates should be stored in the local machine store and then copy or make sure it is also in the trusted root store (note: domain machines should automatically receive a certificate from the CA of the domain). SBS2003 uses a scaled down version of ISA 2004 so you should check out www.isaserver.org for more info.

by mpiaser

You indicated that the certificate should be in the client trusted root store and local machine store. It is in the trusted root store. I don't know what the local machine store is. From the MMC, I have:

Personal
Trusted Root
Enterprise Trust
Intermediate Certification Authorities
Active directory User Object
trusted Publishers
Untrusted certificates
Third-party root certification authority
trusted people
Other people
certificate enrollment requests
Smart card trusted roots

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