[c-nsp] am I being bitten by this bug .CSCsw37419 (can't connect using certificates with VPN client)

Scott Granados gsgranados at comcast.net
Thu Jan 7 18:26:16 EST 2010


Hi,
I am using a pair of ASA5520s and the Cisco VPN client (latest release 
5.x.160)
When I connect on the client side I see the following log entries.

25     14:25:48.843  01/07/10  Sev=Info/6 CERT/0x63600034
Attempting to sign the hash for Windows XP or higher.

26     14:25:49.187  01/07/10  Sev=Info/6 CERT/0x63600035
Done with the hash signing with signature length of 0.

27     14:25:49.187  01/07/10  Sev=Info/4 CERT/0xE3600005
Failed to RSA sign the hash for IKE phase 1 negotiation using my 
certificate.

28     14:25:49.187  01/07/10  Sev=Warning/2 IKE/0xE300009B
Failed to generate signature: Signature generation failed (SigUtil:97)

29     14:25:49.187  01/07/10  Sev=Warning/2 IKE/0xE300009B
Failed to build Signature payload (MsgHandlerMM:489)

30     14:25:49.187  01/07/10  Sev=Warning/2 IKE/0xE300009B
Failed to build MM msg5 (NavigatorMM:312)

31     14:25:49.187  01/07/10  Sev=Warning/2 IKE/0xE30000A7
Unexpected SW error occurred while processing Identity Protection (Main 
Mode) negotiator:(Navigator:2263)

32     14:25:49.187  01/07/10  Sev=Info/4 IKE/0x63000017
Marking IKE SA for deletion  (I_Cookie=6473C3B48C8C1075 
R_Cookie=9EBD9CB7CEFA7EC2) reason = DEL_REASON_IKE_NEG_FAILED

When I googled I found mention of issues if a cert uses a 4096 bit key.  My 
ca server has a root cert 4096 bits in length.  Have I Identified the 
problem or are there other things I should test before I have our windows 
admin revoke the main root cert and start creating from scratch?  We're in a 
testing phase for both the CA and ASA so starting over is not a big deal but 
before I create extra work I want to have some evidence.  Any pointers would 
be appreciated.

Thank you
Scott



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