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James Simpson <[log in to unmask]>
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Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:50:47 -0400
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If you are using high availability, check the certificate on both 
primary and secondary to make sure they are identical and the 
certificate chains are correct. 

Then again, I could be the only one who's had high availability or SSL 
certs give me fits....





Christopher DeSmit wrote:
>
> Please keep in mind that the Manager has a certificate that is used 
> when you assess the manager.. it appears the Clean Access Server 
> certificate is expired…
>
> Must browse to the server directly to see. Have you done this?
>
> Example https://publicipaddress/Admin
>
>  
>
> Where the public ip address is of the Clean Access Server.. once there 
> check the status of the certificate
>
> Hope this helps
>
>  
>
> Thanks,
>
>  
>
> Christopher DeSmit
>
> *University of North Carolina Pembroke- *
>
> *Division of Information Technology *
>
> *Network Security Specialist *
>
> *910-521-6260 *
>
> *[log in to unmask] *
>
>  
>
> *From:* Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Brian Beausoleil
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:49 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Clean Access connection issue
>
>  
>
> Hi all,
>
>  
>
> I could use some assistance in resolving an issue.  I have tried to 
> find a possible source of the problem but have fallen short.  The 
> following is the error message Clean Access displays when trying to 
> connect…
>
>  
>
> "Clean access server could not establish a secure connection to clean 
> access manager
> at cam1.scsu.southernct.edu. This could be due to one or more of the 
> following reasons:
>
> 1. clean access manager certificate has expired
> 2. clean access manager can not be trusted
> 3. clean access manager can not be reached.
>
> Please report this to your network administrator."
>
>  
>
> Some of our Help Desk student workers get the message as well, and 
> they say the Agent will pop up to log in, but when they log in they 
> receive this error message.  Things we have discovered so far (While 
> the student is unable to log in)…
>
> ·         Nslookup resolves the Manager
>
> ·         Ip, dns, default gateway, dhcp server are all correct
>
> ·         The certificate has NOT expired
>
> ·         Manager can be reached because the Agent popped up, and I 
> can log into the admin UI
>
> ·         Scanned with AV, Malwarebytes, etc… and found no infected 
> objects
>
> ·         User is able to access our homepage via IP but not by name
>
>  
>
> At this point I am at a loss.  After some time the issue goes away and 
> the end user is able to log back in.  Each time that we have gone out 
> we plugged own machine into the jack and was able to log in with no 
> problems.  This is not affecting every user and is impossible to 
> replicate.
>
>  
>
> Any feedback or solutions would be appreciated.
>
>  
>
> Thanks in advance…
>
>  
>
> Brian
>


-- 
James Simpson
Security Engineer
IT Services
Miami University
Oxford, OH
Office 513-529-1595
Mobile 513-839-0083

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