I am using Windows 2000 (not Server) as my development machine.  I want to
use ASP.NET to communicate with a C++/gSOAP 2.7 server via SSL that requires
client certificates.  I run both client and server on my development box.

How can I enable the "Server Certificate..." button on the "Directory
Security" tab in IIS?

I found an article in MSDN entitled "Enabling Client Certificates" that
states "Your Web server cannot process client certificates unless you have
previously installed a server certificate and enabled your server's secure
communication features".   But the "Server Certificate..." button is disable
d
in IIS!

I can successfully communicate using openssl s_client and our server
application using client and server certificates.  When I try to use our
ASP.NET client to communicate with our server app, I get an error.  The even
t
log states

"The remote server has requested SSL client authentication, but no suitable
client certificate could be found. An anonymous connection will be attempted
.
This SSL connection request may succeed or fail, depending on the server's
policy settings. "

I have code in our .ASPX Load_Page() that  uses CreateFromCertFile() to load
the client certificate (Base 64 x509 DER format) and then adds the
certificate to ClientCertificates collection object of the proxy object.
However, from a tcpTrace I can see that the client certificate is not being
sent to the server.

This led me to wonder if I need to configure IIS to enable client
certificates.

BTW, I installed the CA root certificate using mmc.exe

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Stan

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