Importing an external public key certificate fails with error: "-1232 0xFFFFFB30 PKI E SUBJECT NAME COMPARISON FAILURE"

(Last modified: 03Dec2002)

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fact

Certificate Server 2.02

symptom

Importing an external public key certificate fails with error: "-1232 0xFFFFFB30  PKI E SUBJECT NAME COMPARISON FAILURE"

The external Certificate Authority (CA) which issued the Certificate changed the subject name based on it´s naming policy

fix

Install the Certificate Server Enhancement Pack (cs2ep2.exe) which includes a fix for this problem.

  • Rename the ConsoleOne PKI snapin from PKI.JAR to PKI.OLD.
  • Run ConsoleOne and edit the attribute "NDS PKI: Subject Name" stored on the KMO Object.
  • Change the subject name on the KMO object to match the subject name assigned by the CA.

Use NWADMIN and its PKI snapins to store the certificate
        

note

Notes:

Every x509v3 Public Key Certificate stores an attribute called Subject Name which will be defined during the creation of the Certificate Signing Request (CSR). The Key Material Object (KMO) holds an attribute named "NDS PKI: Subject Name" which stores the subject name.  Importing a Certificate will cause Certificate Server to compare the Subject Name stored on the Certificate against the attribute "NDS PKI: Subject Name" on the KMO Object.  If they do not match Certificate Server will report this with the error -1232. 

document

Document Title: Importing an external public key certificate fails with error: "-1232 0xFFFFFB30 PKI E SUBJECT NAME COMPARISON FAILURE"
Document ID: 10052843
Solution ID: NOVL9996
Creation Date: 08May2000
Modified Date: 03Dec2002
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