I'm testing Active Sync on my Windows Mobile 5 cell phone. I got Support 
code: 0x80072F06 error. Problem is I installed wildcard SSL on my OWA. My 
google search result says that Windows Mobile 5 doesn't support wildcard 
SSL. Does Windows Mobile 6 support it? If version 6 is the same as version 
5, is there a way to make it work with wildcard SSL?

According to this:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/mobile/maintain/SecModel/bd8cc6b6-0038-4e56-b1d4-b7b9af9ea6ef.mspx?mfr=true
Yes, WM6 supports wildcard certs.

I suspect that wont be the end of your issues with certs, but thats the 
answer you were looking for.
WM is very fussy with certs.

"John" <a> wrote in message news:OO32S$WeIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I'm testing Active Sync on my Windows Mobile 5 cell phone. I got Support 
> code: 0x80072F06 error. Problem is I installed wildcard SSL on my OWA. My 
> google search result says that Windows Mobile 5 doesn't support wildcard 
> SSL. Does Windows Mobile 6 support it? If version 6 is the same as version 
> 5, is there a way to make it work with wildcard SSL?
>

Great. Thanks Martin. Now I gotta find someone who has WM6 phone to test it.

"Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
news:Ow2vZIXeIHA.3724@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> According to this:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/mobile/maintain/SecModel/bd8cc6b6-0038-4e56-b1d4-b7b9af9ea6ef.mspx?mfr=true
> Yes, WM6 supports wildcard certs.
>
> I suspect that wont be the end of your issues with certs, but thats the 
> answer you were looking for.
> WM is very fussy with certs.
>
> "John" <a> wrote in message news:OO32S$WeIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> I'm testing Active Sync on my Windows Mobile 5 cell phone. I got Support 
>> code: 0x80072F06 error. Problem is I installed wildcard SSL on my OWA. My 
>> google search result says that Windows Mobile 5 doesn't support wildcard 
>> SSL. Does Windows Mobile 6 support it? If version 6 is the same as 
>> version 5, is there a way to make it work with wildcard SSL?
>>
>

You're right. With WM6, I still can't sync :-(

Where can I get a free (commercial) SSL cert for testing purpose?

"John" <a> wrote in message news:%23kP7YfXeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Great. Thanks Martin. Now I gotta find someone who has WM6 phone to test 
> it.
>
> "Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
> news:Ow2vZIXeIHA.3724@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> According to this:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/mobile/maintain/SecModel/bd8cc6b6-0038-4e56-b1d4-b7b9af9ea6ef.mspx?mfr=true
>> Yes, WM6 supports wildcard certs.
>>
>> I suspect that wont be the end of your issues with certs, but thats the 
>> answer you were looking for.
>> WM is very fussy with certs.
>>
>> "John" <a> wrote in message news:OO32S$WeIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> I'm testing Active Sync on my Windows Mobile 5 cell phone. I got Support 
>>> code: 0x80072F06 error. Problem is I installed wildcard SSL on my OWA. 
>>> My google search result says that Windows Mobile 5 doesn't support 
>>> wildcard SSL. Does Windows Mobile 6 support it? If version 6 is the same 
>>> as version 5, is there a way to make it work with wildcard SSL?
>>>
>>
>
>

You might be able to do this.
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/01/28/making_a_root_cert_cab_file.aspx
It did this before with a non standard cert.

Im not WM expert, but one thing I have learned is that if you are not using 
tier 1 certs like Verisign or Thwate, you are going to have issues!


"John" <a> wrote in message news:eNzQuEYeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> You're right. With WM6, I still can't sync :-(
>
> Where can I get a free (commercial) SSL cert for testing purpose?
>
> "John" <a> wrote in message 
> news:%23kP7YfXeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Great. Thanks Martin. Now I gotta find someone who has WM6 phone to test 
>> it.
>>
>> "Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
>> news:Ow2vZIXeIHA.3724@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> According to this:
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/mobile/maintain/SecModel/bd8cc6b6-0038-4e56-b1d4-b7b9af9ea6ef.mspx?mfr=true
>>> Yes, WM6 supports wildcard certs.
>>>
>>> I suspect that wont be the end of your issues with certs, but thats the 
>>> answer you were looking for.
>>> WM is very fussy with certs.
>>>
>>> "John" <a> wrote in message 
>>> news:OO32S$WeIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> I'm testing Active Sync on my Windows Mobile 5 cell phone. I got 
>>>> Support code: 0x80072F06 error. Problem is I installed wildcard SSL on 
>>>> my OWA. My google search result says that Windows Mobile 5 doesn't 
>>>> support wildcard SSL. Does Windows Mobile 6 support it? If version 6 is 
>>>> the same as version 5, is there a way to make it work with wildcard 
>>>> SSL?
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

One cool thing you might check out is the device emulators.
I personally found trying to figure this stuff out on the acutall device was 
a pain.
You can download the emulators and run them on your PC.
http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/03/windows_mobile_.html


"Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
news:%23gYIebYeIHA.5548@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> You might be able to do this.
> http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/01/28/making_a_root_cert_cab_file.aspx
> It did this before with a non standard cert.
>
> Im not WM expert, but one thing I have learned is that if you are not 
> using tier 1 certs like Verisign or Thwate, you are going to have issues!
>
>
> "John" <a> wrote in message news:eNzQuEYeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> You're right. With WM6, I still can't sync :-(
>>
>> Where can I get a free (commercial) SSL cert for testing purpose?
>>
>> "John" <a> wrote in message 
>> news:%23kP7YfXeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Great. Thanks Martin. Now I gotta find someone who has WM6 phone to test 
>>> it.
>>>
>>> "Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
>>> news:Ow2vZIXeIHA.3724@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> According to this:
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/mobile/maintain/SecModel/bd8cc6b6-0038-4e56-b1d4-b7b9af9ea6ef.mspx?mfr=true
>>>> Yes, WM6 supports wildcard certs.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect that wont be the end of your issues with certs, but thats the 
>>>> answer you were looking for.
>>>> WM is very fussy with certs.
>>>>
>>>> "John" <a> wrote in message 
>>>> news:OO32S$WeIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> I'm testing Active Sync on my Windows Mobile 5 cell phone. I got 
>>>>> Support code: 0x80072F06 error. Problem is I installed wildcard SSL on 
>>>>> my OWA. My google search result says that Windows Mobile 5 doesn't 
>>>>> support wildcard SSL. Does Windows Mobile 6 support it? If version 6 
>>>>> is the same as version 5, is there a way to make it work with wildcard 
>>>>> SSL?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

I've looked at Thawte site. Thawte (and Verisign) provide free trial SSL 
cert. I'll give it a shot.
Thawte pricing isn't as bad as Verisign. If the trial cert works fine, I'll 
get Thawte cert.

I'll take a look at the links. Thanks for your help.

"Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
news:%23gYIebYeIHA.5548@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> You might be able to do this.
> http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/01/28/making_a_root_cert_cab_file.aspx
> It did this before with a non standard cert.
>
> Im not WM expert, but one thing I have learned is that if you are not 
> using tier 1 certs like Verisign or Thwate, you are going to have issues!
>
>
> "John" <a> wrote in message news:eNzQuEYeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> You're right. With WM6, I still can't sync :-(
>>
>> Where can I get a free (commercial) SSL cert for testing purpose?
>>
>> "John" <a> wrote in message 
>> news:%23kP7YfXeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Great. Thanks Martin. Now I gotta find someone who has WM6 phone to test 
>>> it.
>>>
>>> "Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
>>> news:Ow2vZIXeIHA.3724@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> According to this:
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/mobile/maintain/SecModel/bd8cc6b6-0038-4e56-b1d4-b7b9af9ea6ef.mspx?mfr=true
>>>> Yes, WM6 supports wildcard certs.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect that wont be the end of your issues with certs, but thats the 
>>>> answer you were looking for.
>>>> WM is very fussy with certs.
>>>>
>>>> "John" <a> wrote in message 
>>>> news:OO32S$WeIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> I'm testing Active Sync on my Windows Mobile 5 cell phone. I got 
>>>>> Support code: 0x80072F06 error. Problem is I installed wildcard SSL on 
>>>>> my OWA. My google search result says that Windows Mobile 5 doesn't 
>>>>> support wildcard SSL. Does Windows Mobile 6 support it? If version 6 
>>>>> is the same as version 5, is there a way to make it work with wildcard 
>>>>> SSL?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Yea. We use Thwate. Definetly better priced!

"John" <a> wrote in message news:elcMcrYeIHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I've looked at Thawte site. Thawte (and Verisign) provide free trial SSL 
> cert. I'll give it a shot.
> Thawte pricing isn't as bad as Verisign. If the trial cert works fine, 
> I'll get Thawte cert.
>
> I'll take a look at the links. Thanks for your help.
>
> "Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
> news:%23gYIebYeIHA.5548@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> You might be able to do this.
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/01/28/making_a_root_cert_cab_file.aspx
>> It did this before with a non standard cert.
>>
>> Im not WM expert, but one thing I have learned is that if you are not 
>> using tier 1 certs like Verisign or Thwate, you are going to have issues!
>>
>>
>> "John" <a> wrote in message news:eNzQuEYeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> You're right. With WM6, I still can't sync :-(
>>>
>>> Where can I get a free (commercial) SSL cert for testing purpose?
>>>
>>> "John" <a> wrote in message 
>>> news:%23kP7YfXeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> Great. Thanks Martin. Now I gotta find someone who has WM6 phone to 
>>>> test it.
>>>>
>>>> "Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
>>>> news:Ow2vZIXeIHA.3724@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> According to this:
>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/mobile/maintain/SecModel/bd8cc6b6-0038-4e56-b1d4-b7b9af9ea6ef.mspx?mfr=true
>>>>> Yes, WM6 supports wildcard certs.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suspect that wont be the end of your issues with certs, but thats 
>>>>> the answer you were looking for.
>>>>> WM is very fussy with certs.
>>>>>
>>>>> "John" <a> wrote in message 
>>>>> news:OO32S$WeIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> I'm testing Active Sync on my Windows Mobile 5 cell phone. I got 
>>>>>> Support code: 0x80072F06 error. Problem is I installed wildcard SSL 
>>>>>> on my OWA. My google search result says that Windows Mobile 5 doesn't 
>>>>>> support wildcard SSL. Does Windows Mobile 6 support it? If version 6 
>>>>>> is the same as version 5, is there a way to make it work with 
>>>>>> wildcard SSL?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

I'm facing one road block after another.

I've just installed trial cert from Thawte into my owa site. Active Sync now 
fails with a different code:

"The security certificate on the server is invalid. Contact your Exchange 
server administrator or ISP to install a valid cert on the server.
Support Code: 0x80072F0D"

I also get cert warning when using IE7 to access OWA. It looks like I have 
to install root CA on my browser. I can do this easily on IE7 but unsure how 
to do it on my WM5 phone.

I don't mean to complicate matters, I have one last question. I'm going to 
use ISA2006 to publish OWA. Do you think there will be another road block 
for me? At the moment I'm doing the test without ISA box. Incoming port 443 
requests gets redirected to my Exchange box (directly).

"Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
news:%23x$UU0YeIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Yea. We use Thwate. Definetly better priced!
>
> "John" <a> wrote in message news:elcMcrYeIHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> I've looked at Thawte site. Thawte (and Verisign) provide free trial SSL 
>> cert. I'll give it a shot.
>> Thawte pricing isn't as bad as Verisign. If the trial cert works fine, 
>> I'll get Thawte cert.
>>
>> I'll take a look at the links. Thanks for your help.
>>
>> "Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
>> news:%23gYIebYeIHA.5548@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> You might be able to do this.
>>> http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/01/28/making_a_root_cert_cab_file.aspx
>>> It did this before with a non standard cert.
>>>
>>> Im not WM expert, but one thing I have learned is that if you are not 
>>> using tier 1 certs like Verisign or Thwate, you are going to have 
>>> issues!
>>>
>>>
>>> "John" <a> wrote in message 
>>> news:eNzQuEYeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> You're right. With WM6, I still can't sync :-(
>>>>
>>>> Where can I get a free (commercial) SSL cert for testing purpose?
>>>>
>>>> "John" <a> wrote in message 
>>>> news:%23kP7YfXeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Great. Thanks Martin. Now I gotta find someone who has WM6 phone to 
>>>>> test it.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
>>>>> news:Ow2vZIXeIHA.3724@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> According to this:
>>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/mobile/maintain/SecModel/bd8cc6b6-0038-4e56-b1d4-b7b9af9ea6ef.mspx?mfr=true
>>>>>> Yes, WM6 supports wildcard certs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I suspect that wont be the end of your issues with certs, but thats 
>>>>>> the answer you were looking for.
>>>>>> WM is very fussy with certs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "John" <a> wrote in message 
>>>>>> news:OO32S$WeIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> I'm testing Active Sync on my Windows Mobile 5 cell phone. I got 
>>>>>>> Support code: 0x80072F06 error. Problem is I installed wildcard SSL 
>>>>>>> on my OWA. My google search result says that Windows Mobile 5 
>>>>>>> doesn't support wildcard SSL. Does Windows Mobile 6 support it? If 
>>>>>>> version 6 is the same as version 5, is there a way to make it work 
>>>>>>> with wildcard SSL?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Test. What happened to my previous 2 replies posted on Feb 27? They are not 
here. I hope this one shows up.

Feb 28
I found out that WM6 does recognize wildcard SSL. The problem I saw 
yesterday when using WM6 to access Exchange (with wildcard cert installed) 
was NOT related to wildcard cert. It was related to my OWA site 
configuration, particularly "Require secure channel (SSL)" section. When 
selected, sync failed. I uncheck that box today. Now WM6 syncs fine with 
Exchange + wildcard cert.


"Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
news:%23x$UU0YeIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Yea. We use Thwate. Definetly better priced!
>
> "John" <a> wrote in message news:elcMcrYeIHA.4260@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> I've looked at Thawte site. Thawte (and Verisign) provide free trial SSL 
>> cert. I'll give it a shot.
>> Thawte pricing isn't as bad as Verisign. If the trial cert works fine, 
>> I'll get Thawte cert.
>>
>> I'll take a look at the links. Thanks for your help.
>>
>> "Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
>> news:%23gYIebYeIHA.5548@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> You might be able to do this.
>>> http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/01/28/making_a_root_cert_cab_file.aspx
>>> It did this before with a non standard cert.
>>>
>>> Im not WM expert, but one thing I have learned is that if you are not 
>>> using tier 1 certs like Verisign or Thwate, you are going to have 
>>> issues!
>>>
>>>
>>> "John" <a> wrote in message 
>>> news:eNzQuEYeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> You're right. With WM6, I still can't sync :-(
>>>>
>>>> Where can I get a free (commercial) SSL cert for testing purpose?
>>>>
>>>> "John" <a> wrote in message 
>>>> news:%23kP7YfXeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Great. Thanks Martin. Now I gotta find someone who has WM6 phone to 
>>>>> test it.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Martin Blackstone"  wrote in message 
>>>>> news:Ow2vZIXeIHA.3724@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> According to this:
>>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/mobile/maintain/SecModel/bd8cc6b6-0038-4e56-b1d4-b7b9af9ea6ef.mspx?mfr=true
>>>>>> Yes, WM6 supports wildcard certs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I suspect that wont be the end of your issues with certs, but thats 
>>>>>> the answer you were looking for.
>>>>>> WM is very fussy with certs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "John" <a> wrote in message 
>>>>>> news:OO32S$WeIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> I'm testing Active Sync on my Windows Mobile 5 cell phone. I got 
>>>>>>> Support code: 0x80072F06 error. Problem is I installed wildcard SSL 
>>>>>>> on my OWA. My google search result says that Windows Mobile 5 
>>>>>>> doesn't support wildcard SSL. Does Windows Mobile 6 support it? If 
>>>>>>> version 6 is the same as version 5, is there a way to make it work 
>>>>>>> with wildcard SSL?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>