certificate for rpc over http

[Sam]

I'm running my own server (win203 server, iis6) and have setup a CA to issue
a self signed certificate for use on my website.

A user visiting my https internet site for the first time is prompted with
the Security Alert stating:
"the certificate is issued by a company you have not chosen to trust. View
the certificate to determine whether you want to trust the certifying
authority." The problem is when they choose to view the cert and click the
"Install Certificate" button the Cert Import Wizard confirms "the import was
successful" but the imported certificate states: "The issuer of this
certificate could not be found."

Thus, any subsequent visits to the site still deliver the Security Alert
about "a company you have not chosen to trust..." Have to click YES every
time. Also, outlook rpc over http won't work because the certificate didn't
be verified.
My web site & CA are behind a firewall. The firewall is open on ports 80
and 443 for the website and https traffic. I'm wondering just what occurs
when the user installs the cert - is contact to the CA attempted?

I also tried http://support.microsoft.com/?id=297681 , still won't able to
install the certificate into "TUSTED ROOT CERTIFICATION AUTHORITIES". Is
there anyway to force windows trust the certificate without verify in IE (I
know it could be done in FireFox).or make Outlook Rpc Over Http without
verify the CA?

Any insights or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your consideration,

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

For $20 or less (per year) you can get a cert that is trusted... and then
your problems will be solved easily. Otherwise, you'll need to ask in an
exchange newsgroup as the problem is not specifically with outlook.
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/ssl/ssl.asp?se=+&ci=4751