CA Serial Numbers Must Be Assigned by the Manufacturer in Increasing Order (283031)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
This article was previously published under Q283031

SYMPTOMS

The Windows 2000-based certificate server does not comply with the Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specifications specification p.100. For more information about this specification, visit the following CableLabs Web site:

http://cablemodem.com

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
   Date       Time     Version         Size     File name
   ------------------------------------------------------
   2/5/2001   07:00p   5.0.2195.3225   117008   Certsrv.exe

After you apply this hotfix, the request ID is written as the most significant byte. This ensures that the serial numbers increase in order.

To enable the changed behavior, use the following command:

certutil -setreg ca\HighSerial 1
restart server

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/26/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbenv kbfix kbSecurity kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB283031
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