About Public-Key encryption

[Jialiang Li]

Configuration Information:
Version: pcANYWHERE32 8.0
Operating system: Windows NT 4.0 SP3

Hi, Roy:
Thanks for your message.

I still have problem to use public-key
encryption. I hope
you can give me a help.
Sorry for so many questions! But all the
questions are closely related to
pcANYWHERE itself. So I think that only you
can give me the help. I really
appreciate your any help!!

I obtained a private Digital ID for two
computers. I also
can send encrypted Email message, so it seems
that the Keys have
been installed properly. But when I used the
Public-Key encryption,
I got the following error message:

Remote is denying connection because Host
cannot
connect at level Public-Key.
Host's certificate common name not found
in
Remote'certificate store.
The object or property wasn't found

The questions about the above error message
are:

1. After I downloaded the other computer's
public Digital ID
key, the saved file is a file with extension
name .p7c, not .exe (like the
documentation says).

2. When I convert the public Digital ID key
from PKCS#7
format to a certificate store, according to
the documentation, the command
line is

certcons PCA.store <name of a public key
certificate>

here <name of a public key certificate> means
the downloaded file "ming.p7c",
or the certificate common name? So the command
line should be

certcons PCA.store ming.p7c ????

3. Must the file PCA.store be stored in the
directory
C:\program files\pcANYWHERE ?

4. In the Security Options tab, what we should
type in for
the Certificate common Name? For example, the
name I gave is "mike nour",
but when I install the key, it shows me the
name as "mike nour's VeriSign,
Inc. ID", which one should be used?

5. In the private key containner, I typed one
wrong word before, but
now I can not change it any more. Will it also
cause problem for the connection
by public-key encryption?

Thanks again, I hope I can hear you soon.

Jialiang

[Roy Susuico (Symantec)]

Hi Jialiang:

Please refer to my response in your previous message.

Best regards,

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