WCF Service over SSL Could not establish secure channel for SSL/TLS with authority 'test-service.hostname.com'

Question

I am having an issue. We are trying to attach a client certifacte to a WCF service over SSL required. When I try to navigate to the service through a browser it will show me the 'You have created a service page' but only if I attach the certificate, So I dont think its an IIS issue.

I have been through a ton of stack overflow questions and I think each time i make a little progress. But For the life of me I can not shake this issue. I added logging and here is what I am seeing for Errors:

System.Net Information: 0 : [12444] SecureChannel#15775260 - Certificate 

is of type X509Certificate2 and contains the private key.
System.Net Information: 0 : [12444] AcquireCredentialsHandle(package = Microsoft Unified Security Protocol Provider, intent  = Outbound, scc     = System.Net.SecureCredential)
System.Net Error: 0 : [12444] AcquireCredentialsHandle() failed with error 0X8009030D.
System.Net Information: 0 : [12444] AcquireCredentialsHandle(package =



Microsoft Unified Security Protocol Provider, intent  = Outbound, scc     = System.Net.SecureCredential)
System.Net Error: 0 : [12444] AcquireCredentialsHandle() failed with error 0X8009030D.
System.Net.Sockets Verbose: 0 : [8000] Socket#13431269::Dispose()
System.Net Error: 0 : [8000] Exception in HttpWebRequest#55386345:: - The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel..
System.Net Error: 0 : [8000] Exception in HttpWebRequest#55386345::GetResponse - The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel..
System.ServiceModel Error: 131075 : <TraceRecord xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2004/10/E2ETraceEvent/TraceRecord" Severity="Error"><TraceIdentifier>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/System.ServiceModel.Diagnostics.ThrowingException.aspx</TraceIdentifier><Description>Throwing an exception.</Description><AppDomain>/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT/Application.TestHarness.Blah-1-130676061695261461</AppDomain><Exception><ExceptionType>System.ServiceModel.Security.SecurityNegotiationException, System.ServiceModel, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</ExceptionType><Message>Could not establish secure channel for SSL/TLS with authority 'test-bolt.homesite.com'.</Message><StackTrace>   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelUtilities.ProcessGetResponseWebException(WebException webException, HttpWebRequest request, HttpAbortReason abortReason)
   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelFactory`1.HttpRequestChannel.HttpChannelRequest.WaitForReply(TimeSpan timeout)
   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.RequestChannel.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout)
   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout)
   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation)
   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData&amp;amp; msgData, Int32 type)
   at Application.TestHarness.IntegrationService.QuickQuote()

Service Config :

<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
  <serviceBehaviors>
    <behavior name="WebBehavior">
      <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="false" httpsGetEnabled="true" />
      <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
    </behavior>
  </serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>

<services>
  <service name="Service.Namwe" behaviorConfiguration="WebBehavior">
    <endpoint address=""
              binding="wsHttpBinding"
              bindingConfiguration="transportSecurity"
              contract="Service.IContract"/>
    <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
  </service>
</services>
<bindings>
  <wsHttpBinding>
    <binding name="transportSecurity">
      <security mode="Transport">
        <transport clientCredentialType="Certificate"/>
      </security>
    </binding>
  </wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />

Client Config :

<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
  <wsHttpBinding>
    <binding name="transportSecurity">
      <security mode="Transport">
        <transport clientCredentialType="Certificate"/>
      </security>
    </binding>
  </wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<behaviors>
  <endpointBehaviors>
    <behavior name ="defaultClientCertificate">
      <clientCredentials>
        <clientCertificate storeLocation="LocalMachine" storeName="My" x509FindType="FindBySubjectName" findValue="hostname.com"/>
      </clientCredentials>
    </behavior>
  </endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<client>
  <endpoint name="boltService" behaviorConfiguration="defaultClientCertificate"
            address="https://hostname.com/Service/Integration.svc"
            binding="wsHttpBinding"
            bindingConfiguration="transportSecurity"
            contract="ServiceRef.IServiceContract" />
</client>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I figured out what my issue was. The App pool that was running the service did not have access to the certificate. I was assuming since I had stuck it in IIS that all app pools would have access (not the case). In case anyone finds this and has a simialar issue here is what i eventually found and what fixed it. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa702621.aspx You can also do this in MMC if you like the GUI more than cmd line tools.