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By Scott Schnoll
19 Apr 2004 | SearchExchange.com |
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The following is Tip #17 from "25 Exchange 2003 Tips in 25 minutes." This content is
excerpted from Scott Schnoll's book, "Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Distilled," brought to
you by © (2004)
Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Addison-Wesley
Professional. Return to the main page for
more tips on this topic.
The Disable Certificate Verification tool, CERTCHK.EXE, is used to enable or disable
certificate verification checking on Pocket PC 2002, Pocket PC 2003, and Smartphone devices
for testing purposes. When verification has been disabled, the mobile device will still use
SSL to communicate with Exchange; it just won't verify the root CA against the device's
certificate trust list. Instead of providing you with any warnings about the certificate,
the mobile device will simply use the certificate. This is particularly useful if you have
not yet used the Add Root Certificate tool to add your organization's internal root
certificate to a mobile device but you want to test SSL connectivity from the device to
Exchange.
For more information on using CERTCHK.EXE, see the Read Me file included with it; however,
do keep in mind that this tool is for testing purposes only and should not be used in
production environments.
Get more "25 Exchange 2003 Tips in 25 minutes." Return to the main
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About the author: Scott Schnoll, an Expert on SearchExchange.com, is an MCT,
MCSA and a long-time Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).
In addition to writing "Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Distilled," he is a co-author of the
upcoming "Exchange 2003 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press" and lead author for "Exchange
2000 Server: The Complete Reference."
Scott has written numerous articles for Exchange & Outlook Magazine, and is a regular
speaker at Microsoft conferences, including MEC and TechEd, as well as industry conferences
such as Comdex and MCP TechMentor, where he covers topics such as Exchange, clustering,
Internet Information Services and security.
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