Why I hate MS

[Paul Lussier]

Mostly because the people who admin their systems are completely
ignorant of *ANTHING* related to computers or networking.  Take this
exchange for example:

     MCSE> I need your SSL certificate

     me> okay, here

     2 hours later

     MCSE> That certificate isn't any good.

     me> what do you mean?  It's what GeoTrust sent me.

     MCSE> It doesn't have the key.

     me> That doesn't mean it's broken.  It means you don't  have the key.
         Here.

     2 hours later...

     MCSE> I can't use that key.

     me> why not?

     MCSE> Because it wasn't generated on the Exchange Server.

     me> That's absurd.

     me> don't they use standard X.509 certificates?

     MCSE> I think so.

     me> Then what I gave you is fine.

     MCSE> But I can't combine them.

     me> why would you want to combine them?

     MCSE> so Exchange thinks it created the certificate.

     me> Are you sure you don't want the PKCS-12 file?

     MCSE> I don't know what that is, and I'm pretty sure MS doesn't use those.

     me> show me what you're doing.

     <a lot of pointing and clicking ensues>

     me> Right there, it says (i.e., .p12, ....)

     MCSE> yeah, but that doesn't mean anything.  It wants a request,
           a key, and certificate.

Arrrrrrrrrrrgggggg!!!!!!!!!!

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Seeya,
Paul