Client certificate authentication in Exchange Active Sync not working on Android 4.0.3 Emulator

[mesh]

Hello All,

I am trying to create an exchange account with client certificates on android 4 emulator, but it is failing with error: Couldnt Finish: Could not open connection with the server. Whereas, if I create the account without client certificate, it works fine.

Also, where is the location of client certificates when we install them through cert installer, I want to copy the same digital ID which I had downloaded thru my application on the emulator in the .pfx/.p12 format to the real device. When I checked..it was under data/misc/keystore...but how to convert that file format to .pfx or .p12 format?

Are there any tech.doc links for the client cert authentications with exchange server which explains the pre requisites and step by step procedure...

Regards,i
Meenaksh

 

[adrian33]

Hello All,

I am trying to create an exchange account with client certificates on android 4 emulator, but it is failing with error: Couldnt Finish: Could not open connection with the server. Whereas, if I create the account without client certificate, it works fine.

Also, where is the location of client certificates when we install them through cert installer, I want to copy the same digital ID which I had downloaded thru my application on the emulator in the .pfx/.p12 format to the real device. When I checked..it was under data/misc/keystore...but how to convert that file format to .pfx or .p12 format?

Are there any tech.doc links for the client cert authentications with exchange server which explains the pre requisites and step by step procedure...

Regards,i
Meenaksh

Hi there,

I'm having exactly the same problem on Android 4.0.1...
Did you get any solution mesh?

Thanks!

Best Regards,
Adrian

 

[CTenner]

Hello,
I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2 with updated ICS (Android 4.0.3) and am unable to create a cert based authentication to an Exchange 2010 for e-mail synchronization too.

I imported the pfx-certificate from our own PKI including the private key into the Settings -> Security menu including Root an Sub-CA.

In the app's account creating screen I entered the account credentials and the host and ticked the two settings "Use secure connection (SSL)" and "Use client certificate". Strangely the stock e-mail app cannot access this certificate, so that I had to re-import it into the app.
After selecting this cert I got the message "certificate is not meant for this e-mail address" or something like that. I then cannot get a connection to my Exchange server as I get the error "wrong username or password".
I am 100% sure that username and password are correct.


My question: is it even possible to authenticate an Android 4 phone to an Exchange Server using certificates and if how?

Greetings
CTenner