SSL Port Disappears When Certificate Removed in Key Manager (300988)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

This article was previously published under Q300988

We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx

SYMPTOMS

When you remove a certificate in Key Manager, the SSL port for the site in which the key was bound may be blank in the Internet Service Manger. If you create a new key, this SSL port binding is not restored.

CAUSE

When a key is deleted from Key Manager, the binding to the SSL port is removed because without a key no SSL binding can exist.

WORKAROUND

After you remove a key, install or import a new key and configure the SSL port in the site's properties in the Internet Services Manager.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information on how to create and install certificates in IIS 4.0, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

228991 How to Create and Install an SSL Certificate in Internet Information Server 4.0

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	6/22/2005
Keywords:	kbpending kbprb KB300988