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How to Configure UAG to Publish Your Private Certificate Revocation List

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In order for SSTP (Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol) and DirectAccess to work properly the SSTP and DirectAccess client must have access to the CRL (Certificate Revocation List) of the server certificate (if you are using Client Certificate or Smart Card authentication you will also need access from the client to the CRL)

If you are using internal Microsoft Certificate Authority (CA) you can publish the CRL through UAG based on the following procedures:

Important Note:
If you are using Microsoft Certificate Authority (CA) make sure the Root CA certificate (If you are using in intermediate CA, also include the intermediate CA certificate) is located in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities of the Local Computer Store

Steps to Publishing the CRL through UAG

Open UAG management Console, navigate to HTTP Connections, right click, and choose New Trunk

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On the Welcome to the Create Trunk Wizard page click Next.

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On the Step 1 – Select Trunk Type page, select the Portal trunk option and click Next.

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On the Step 2 – Setting the Trunk page, enter the Trunk name and enter the Public host name, this part is very important! You must enter the exact URL that you configured in the CDP (CRL Distribution Point) setting on your certificates, then click Next.

Note:
External clients must be able to resolve the public host name

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On the Step 3 - Authentication page, choose any authentication repository (this is not relevant because in next phases we will disable the authentication for this Trunk because access to CRL doesn't require authentication) then click Next.

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On the Step 4 – Endpoint Security page, click Next (you will disable Endpoint Security for this Trunk later so the choice made her is immaterial).

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On the Step 5 Endpoint Policies page click Next.

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On the Completing the Create Trunk Wizard page click Finish.

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Configure the New Trunk

Now we will configure an Other Web Application (application specific hostname) application in the new trunk to publish the internal CRL.

In the UAG management console click Add.

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On the Step 1 – Select Application page select the Web option and then select the Other Web Application (application specific hostname) option from the drop down list. Click Next.

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On the Step 2 – Configure Application page  enter the Application name and in the Application type text box, enter OtherWeb, then click Next.

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On the Step 3 – Select Endpoint Policies page click Next.

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On the Step 4 – Deploying an Application page click Next.

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On the Step 5 – Web Servers page, in the Addresses text box, enter the name on your internal IIS server that hosts the CRL. Change Paths to the path defined for CRL Distribution Point, for example “/CertEnroll/* (your certificate distribution point will likely have a different name, enter the name that you have defined for your CDP). Define the Public host name as configured in the CDP (CRL distribution point). This name should be the same Public host name defined for the trunk. Click Next.

Note:
External clients should be able to resolve this name

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On the Step 6 - Authentication page click Next.

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On the Step 7 – Portal Link page click Next.

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On the Step 8 - Authorization page click Next.

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On the Completing the Add Application Wizard page, click Finish.

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In the UAG Management Console navigate to the Initial application and choose the application you created (this will allow access directly to the CRL and not through the UAG default portal).

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In the UAG Management Console navigate to Trunk Configuration and choose Configure

Disable Require users to authenticate at session logon onthe Authentication tab in the Advanced Trunk Configuration dialog box.

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Enable the option “Disable component installation and activation” on Sessions tab of Advanced Trunk Configuration dialog box. You need to do this because UAG client components are not required for publishing CRL. Also enable the option “Disable scripting for portal applications”

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This article was originally written by Tarun Sachdeva, Sr. Support Engineer.

Tom Shinder
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Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
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  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Are you thinking of the CRL for the certificate bound to the IP-HTTPS listener? There's no problem with the internal clients being able to reach that CDP, in fact, you'll need that to support NLS. The Test Lab Guide CRL Check Update post was referring to the original TLG. Use the one based on the TLG format that I created for UAG SP1 RC. Thanks! Tom

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Hi Gokham, Great! Good to hear you got it working and thanks for the follow up! Tom

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Hi Chris, You will need to include the FQDN for the CDP on your CA. Tom

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Hello Tom/Markus, Looks like we have two trunks over here using the same IP address. Each trunk should have its own unique IP. Trunk 1: my https Trunk 2 my CRL Either disable one of the trunks (by right clicking on the trunk name and using "Disable" option) and activate the configuration or use another IP for the second trunk by using the steps below:

  1. Add another IP address to the external NIC,
  2. Use File menu, Reload configuration
  3. Select this new IP on one of these trunks
  4. Activate the configuration.

  • Anonymous
    December 24, 2010
    Hi Tom, perfect post...many thanks. Unfortunately I always get an error saying Error: Trunk "Filter of trunk my https trunk" cannot be activated due to the following: The trunk uses an IP address/port number combination already in use by the portal 'my CRL' trunk. What do I am missing on my set up? Thanks,Markus

  • Anonymous
    December 27, 2010
    Hi Markus, It might be that the original HTTPS trunk is using Port 80 too? Check the configuration of the other trunk and let me know. Thanks! Tom

  • Anonymous
    December 29, 2010
    Hi Tom, Thank you for the answer. I may forgot to add that I am a 100% new user on UAG and doing my first steps.. The only hint on the HTTPS trunk that I can see [as a new user] is under the application portal and its properities. Under the tab web servers is an entry with http ports = auto. Am I on the right path for a solution? Thanks,Markus

  • Anonymous
    January 04, 2011
    Hi Markus, Hmmm. Not sure. Let me see if I can find someone who can help us with this. Thanks! Tom

  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    January 07, 2011
    OK then...thanks for this information. Good to know. Cheers, Markus

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2011
    Well, by nature the CRL for UAG is not reachable from the inside. Would this cause a problem if defined on the CA? Also, on your Test Lab Guide CRL Check Update document, you mention unchecking " Include in the CDP extension of issued certificates" for the ldap:...is this something I also need to do? Thanks, Chris

  • Anonymous
    February 01, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    February 01, 2011
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    February 01, 2011
    Well, by nature the CRL for UAG is not reachable from the inside. Would this cause a problem if defined on the CA? Also, on your Test Lab Guide CRL Check Update document, you mention unchecking " Include in the CDP extension of issued certificates" for the ldap:...is this something I also need to do? Thanks, Chris

  • Anonymous
    December 19, 2011
    after following these steps I am able to access some .crt files in the the directory, however file names with "(" or ")" are blocked as a restricted URL. If look in TMG and monitor the traffic I see the following error "user to trunk crltrunk; Secure=0 failed due to an error with a predefined global rule. The error code is Illegal character - (()."

  • Anonymous
    June 29, 2012
    Hi, Can I use one of the DirectAccess ip-addressess to publish CRL?

  • Anonymous
    August 28, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    November 30, 2012
    Do we need to create policies/ACLs  in TMG to secure UAG trunks?

  • Anonymous
    June 19, 2013
    How to configure the UAG portal page