Details of the event with ID 98 of the source Microsoft-Windows-CertificationAuthority

Author Uwe Gradenegger Posted on Categories Certification Authority, Events Tags Event Viewer
Event Source:Microsoft-Windows-CertificationAuthority
Event ID:98 (0x62)
Event log:Application
Event type:Error
Symbolic Name:MSG_E_TOO_MANY_KRA_INVALID
Event text (English):Active Directory Certificate Services encountered errors validating configured key recovery certificates. Requests to archive private keys will no longer be accepted.
Event text (German):Beim Laden von konfigurierten Schlüsselwiederherstellungszertifikaten ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Anforderungen zur Archivierung privater Schlüssel werden nicht mehr angenommen.

Example events

Active Directory Certificate Services encountered errors validating configured key recovery certificates. Requests to archive private keys will no longer be accepted.

Description

Do you know TameMyCerts? TameMyCerts is an add-on for the Microsoft certification authority (Active Directory Certificate Services). It extends the function of the certification authority and enables the application of rule sets to realize the secure automation of certificate issuance. TameMyCerts is unique in the Microsoft ecosystem, has already proven itself in countless companies around the world and is available under a free license. It can be downloaded via GitHub and used free of charge. Professional maintenance is also offered.

See article "Certificate request fails with error message "Cannot archive private key. The certification authority could not verify one or more key recovery certificates. 0x8009400b (-2146877429 CERTSRV_E_NO_VALID_KRA)" ".

Security assessment

The security assessment is based on the three dimensions of confidentiality, integrity and availability.

Since the certification authority refuses to accept certificate requests for which private key archival is configured, and such certificates thus cannot be requested, availability is impaired.

Microsoft's rating

Microsoft evaluates this event in the Securing Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Whitepaper with a severity score of "Low".

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