Internet Explorer 2.0 Fails to Connect to SSL Enabled IIS Server
Article ID: 149574
Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.01
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0
This article was previously published under Q149574
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SYMPTOMS
When you connect to some Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) enabled Internet
Information Servers (IIS), you may get one or more of the following
messages:
HTTP/1.0 403 Access Forbidden (Secure Channel Required - This Virtual
Directory requires a browser that supports the configured encryption
options.)
Unable to connect to (servername)
While this may happen with Internet Explorer for Windows 95, other SSL
capable browsers may connect normally with no errors. Currently, the only
Microsoft browser with SSL support is Internet Explorer 2.0 for Windows 95.
CAUSE
Internet Explorer version 2.0 for Windows 95 has problems connecting to
some SSL certificates. A new certificate will generally NOT fix the
problem.
RESOLUTION
This problem has been fixed in the latest version of Internet Explorer 2.0
for Win95. This new version of Internet Explorer is available to the public
for downloading on
http://www.microsoft.com to address this issue.
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