Fix available for Root Certificate Update issue on Windows Server

InformationAs explained in KB 931125, a package that was intended only for client operating systems was also made available to servers through WSUS and Windows Update. This package is designed to update the store of trusted root certificates, and adds a large number of certificates to the store. Windows Vista and later automatically update their own stores, but Windows XP requires regular updates.

The issue is this: the SChannel security package used to send trusted certificates to clients has a limit of 16KB. Therefore, having too many certificates in the store can prevent TLS servers from sending needed certificate information; they start sending but have to stop when they reach 16KB.  If clients don’t have the right certificate information, they cannot use services requiring TLS for authentication.  Because the root certificate update package available in KB 931125 manually adds a large number of certificates to the store, applying it to servers results in the store exceeding the 16KB limit and the potential for failed TLS authentication.

For more details and information on how to fix this issue please see the following:

Fix available for Root Certificate Update issue on Windows Server (https://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2013/01/12/fix-available-for-root-certificate-update-issue-on-windows-server.aspx)

J.C. Hornbeck | Knowledge Engineer | Management and Security Division

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