I am having an issue with specifying the template parameter in InitializeFromPrivateKey() on the X509Enrollment.CX509CertificateRequestPkcs10 object. Anything other than a template of "User" is resulting in the following exception:-
CertEnroll::CX509CertificateRequestPkcs10::InitializeFromPrivateKey: The requested certificate template is not supported by this CA. 0x80094800 (-2146875392)
There is a specific Certificate template that I need to be used, and when I try it then the code throws the exception. The template exists on the CA, and on the client machine which is running the following code.
Javascript code as follows:
<script type="text/javascript">
var sCertificate = null;
var sDistinguishedName = "C=\"\";S=\"\";L=\"\";O=\"XXXXX\";OU=\"XXXXXXX\";E=\"XXXXX@XXXX.com\";CN=\"xxxxxxx\";";
var template = "RegistrationCert"; //Anything Other than "User" fails, have tried template Oid too.
var classFactory = new ActiveXObject("X509Enrollment.CX509EnrollmentWebClassFactory");
var objEnroll = classFactory.CreateObject("X509Enrollment.CX509Enrollment");
var objPrivateKey = classFactory.CreateObject("X509Enrollment.CX509PrivateKey");
var objRequest = classFactory.CreateObject("X509Enrollment.CX509CertificateRequestPkcs10");
var objDN = classFactory.CreateObject("X509Enrollment.CX500DistinguishedName");
objPrivateKey.ProviderName = "Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider v1.0";
objPrivateKey.KeySpec = "1";
objPrivateKey.ProviderType = "1";
try
{
objRequest.InitializeFromPrivateKey(1, objPrivateKey, template);
objDN.Encode(sDistinguishedName, 0);
objRequest.Subject = objDN;
objEnroll.InitializeFromRequest(objRequest);
sCertificate = objEnroll.CreateRequest(1);
document.writeln(sCertificate);
}
catch (ex)
{
document.writeln(ex.description);
}
</script>
Couple of other questions
- I assume that the template should exist on the Client Machine? Otherwise how does it know the location of the CA to query for templates?
- Does CertEnroll on a Client even work against a Windows 2003 CA server??
If you can help me that it would be much appreciated!!!
Additional Info
- Client is Windows 7, with MS IE9 Client running as Administrator.
- Web App which hosts the above page is accessed over HTTPs.
- Web App is hosted on a Win2003 CA Server.
Before posting I have looked at...
- Stackoverflow threads regarding CertEnroll + InitializeFromPrivateKey
- Blogs about using Template OID not Template name
- MSDN / alejacma's Site
- CertEnroll API on MSDN
Ok, so figured it..typical.
i.e:
var objExtensionTemplate = classFactory.CreateObject("X509Enrollment.CX509ExtensionTemplateName")
objRequest.InitializeFromPrivateKey(1, objPrivateKey, ""); //empty string, don't specify template here
objExtensionTemplate.InitializeEncode(template); //Specify Template as OID value!
objRequest.X509Extensions.Add(objExtensionTemplate);
Have verified on the CA that the request is for the template type I specified, and does indeed only create a cert for that type.
Hope this helps somebody one day.
See also this code, where I'm using a newer DLL that doesn't include the methods you're using. I also am not using the "interop types" which cause issues when deploying or building the code.
CObjectId EkuOid = new CObjectId();
EkuOid.InitializeFromValue("1.3.6.1.4.1.311.21.8.4946465.16405226.12930948.10533807.2139545.33.5005369.11644649");
CObjectIds EkuOids = new CObjectIds();
EkuOids.Add(EkuOid);
CX509ExtensionEnhancedKeyUsage eku = new CX509ExtensionEnhancedKeyUsage();
eku.InitializeEncode(EkuOids);
eku.Critical = false;
objPkcs10.X509Extensions.Add((CX509Extension)eku);
The OID can be obtained using this method on serverfault
Alternate implementations of this code (VBS, C#, etc) is located here.
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