"Siddharth" wrote:

> Its already disabled. Yesterday I was able to access the web service using a
> Windows application but still no luck with the web app. Also, if I try and
> set a web reference to the web service using vs.net, I can see all the web
> methods but get the error message "The underlying connection was closed:
> Could not establish secure channel for SSL/TLS. The message received was
> unexpected or badly formatted"
>
> --
> Siddharth Aggarwal
>
>
> "Brad Roberts" wrote:
>
> > I may have had something similar before. It seems that the SSL connection may
> > not get established if the XP box has the local security/encryption setting
> > for using "FIPS compliant encryption" set. I am currently on a 2000 box so I
> > can't recall exactly where it is...
> >
> > "Siddharth" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have been trying to access a web service over HHTPS but have not been
> > > successful. The client has provided us with a pfx file that is password
> > > protected. I successfully exported the certificate to .cer format.
> > >
> > > My code is using WSE to access the web service. I basically load the
> > > certificate from the personal store and attach it to the web service proxy
> > > object. However, I keep getting the error: "The underlying connection was
> > > closed. Could not establish secure channel for SSL/TLS." The certificate has
> > > been given the necessary aspnet permissions and I can even access its various
> > > properties from my code.
> > >
> > > Any help regarding this matter will be highly appreciated. I am using .Net
> > > Framework 1.1 SP1 on a XP box. The client's WS is written in java and worked
> > > fine before they enabled SSL. I am guessing the problem has to do with the
> > > private key that probably does not get exported to .cer format.
> > > --