Q315151: FP: Error Message: Cannot Establish Secure Connection Using SSL

Article: Q315151
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 2002 
- Microsoft FrontPage 2000 
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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you 
modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore 
the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the 
registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to open a FrontPage Web on a Web server using Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL), the FrontPage client stops responding (hangs) or you receive an
error message similar to the following:

  FrontPage is unable to establish a secure connection with the server, because
  the server's SSL certificate is either invalid, or issued by an untrusted
  certificate authority.


CAUSE
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This problem can occur if the wecctlflags registry value on the FrontPage client
computer is configured to bypass the connectivity features of Microsoft Internet
Explorer. For additional information, click the article number below to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q250376 FP2000: FrontPage Repeatedly Prompts for User Name and Password When
  You Open a Web

RESOLUTION
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WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems
that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot
guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor
incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

1. Start Registry Editor. To do this, click Start and then click Run. In the
  Open box, type "regedit" (without the quotation marks) and click OK.

2. Select the wecctlflags value located in the following registry subkey:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\Web
  Extender Client

3. On the Edit menu, click Modify. In the Value box, type "0" (without the
  quotation marks) and then click OK.

4. Quit Registry Editor.

MORE INFORMATION
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When you set the wecctlflags value to 2, it configures the FrontPage client to
bypass the connectivity features of Internet Explorer and use it's native
functionality, which is limited to 40-bit SSL.



REFERENCES
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For additional information about when to configure the wecctlflags value to
bypass Internet Explorer functionality, click the article number below to view
the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q287402 Troubleshooting Web Folders

Additional query words: front page

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Keywords          : kbdta 
Technology        : kbFrontPageSearch kbFrontPage2002 kbFrontPage2000Search kbFrontPage2002Search kbZNotKeyword5
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Issue type        : kbprb

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