IIS Client Certificate Mapping Authentication <iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication>

Overview

The <iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication> element of the <authentication> element specifies the settings for Client Certificate Mapping authentication using IIS.

There are two different methods for mapping client certificates using IIS:

  • One-To-One Mappings - these mappings match individual client certificates to individual user accounts on a one-to-one basis; each client certificate is mapped to a user account.
  • Many-To-One Mappings - these mappings match multiple certificates to a user account based on subfields in client certificates.

Note: Client Certificate Mapping authentication using IIS differs from Client Certificate Mapping using Active Directory in the following ways:

  • Client Certificate Mapping authentication using Active Directory - this method of authentication requires that the IIS 7.0 server and the client computer are members of an Active Directory domain, and user accounts are stored in Active Directory. This method of Client Certificate Mapping authentication has reduced performance because of the round-trip to the Active Directory server.
  • IIS Client Certificate Mapping authentication - this method of authentication does not require Active Directory and therefore works with standalone servers. This method of Client Certificate Mapping authentication has increased performance, but requires more configuration and access to client certificates in order to create mappings.

For more information, see Configuring Authentication in IIS 7.0 on the Microsoft TechNet Web site.

Compatibility

  IIS 7.0 IIS 6.0
Notes The <iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication> element of the <authentication> element is new in IIS 7.0. The <iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication> element replaces the IIS 6.0 IIsCertMapper metabase object.

Setup

The <iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication> element is not available on the default installation of IIS 7.0. To install it, use the following steps.

Windows Server 2008

  1. On the taskbar, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Server Manager.
  2. In the Server Manager hierarchy pane, expand Roles, and then click Web Server (IIS).
  3. In the Web Server (IIS) pane, scroll to the Role Services section, and then click Add Role Services.
  4. On the Select Role Services page of the Add Role Services Wizard, select IIS Client Certificate Mapping Authentication, and then click Next.

  5. On the Confirm Installation Selections page, click Install.
  6. On the Results page, click Close.

Windows Vista

  1. On the taskbar, click Start, and then click Control Panel.
  2. In Control Panel, click Programs and Features, and then click Turn Windows Features on or off.
  3. Expand Internet Information Services, then select IIS Client Certificate Mapping Authentication, and then click OK.

How To

There is no user interface for configuring IIS Client Certificate Mapping authentication for IIS 7.0. For examples of how to configure IIS Client Certificate Mapping authentication programmatically, see the Code Samples section of this document.

Configuration

Attributes

Attribute Description
defaultLogonDomain Optional String attribute.

Specifies the default domain that the server uses to authenticate users.
enabled Optional Boolean attribute.

Specifies whether Client Certificate Mapping authentication using IIS is enabled.

The default is false.
logonMethod Optional enum attribute.

The logonMethod attribute can be one of the following possible values. (For more information on these values, see LogonUser on the MSDN site.)

The default is ClearText.
Value Description
Batch This logon type is intended for batch servers, where processes may be executing on behalf of a user without their direct intervention.

The numeric value is 1.
ClearText This logon type preserves the name and password in the authentication package, which allows the server to make connections to other network servers while impersonating the client.

The numeric value is 3.
Interactive This logon type is intended for users who will be using the computer interactively.

The numeric value is 0.
Network This logon type is intended for high performance servers to authenticate plaintext passwords. Credentials are not cached for this logon type.

The numeric value is 2.
manyToOneCertificateMappingsEnabled Optional Boolean attribute.

Specifies whether many-to-one mapping is enabled

The default value is true.
oneToOneCertificateMappingsEnabled Optional Boolean attribute.

Specifies whether one-to-one mapping is enabled

The default value is true.

Child Elements

Element Description
manyToOneMappings Optional element.

Maps client certificates to a set of wildcard criteria that authenticate the certificates and assign a user account.
oneToOneMappings Optional element.

Specifies one-to-one client certificate mappings.

Configuration Sample

The following configuration sample performs the following actions for the Default Web Site:

  • Enables IIS Client Certificate Mapping authentication using many-to-one certificate mapping.
  • Creates a many-to-one certificate mapping rule for a user account based on the organization field in the subject of the client certificate matching Contoso.
  • Configures the site to require SSL and to negotiate client certificates.
<location path="Default Web Site">
   <system.webServer>
      <security>
         <authentication>
            <windowsAuthentication enabled="false" />
            <anonymousAuthentication enabled="false" />
            <digestAuthentication enabled="false" />
            <basicAuthentication enabled="false" />
            <iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication enabled="true"
                  manyToOneCertificateMappingsEnabled="true">
               <manyToOneMappings>
                  <add name="Contoso Employees"
                        enabled="true"
                        permissionMode="Allow"
                        userName="Username"
                        password="[enc:AesProvider:Encrypted-Password-Data:enc]">
                     <rules>
                        <add certificateField="Subject"
                           certificateSubField="O"
                           matchCriteria="Contoso"
                           compareCaseSensitive="true" />
                     </rules>
                  </add>
               </manyToOneMappings>
            </iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication>
         </authentication>
         <access sslFlags="Ssl, SslNegotiateCert" />
      </security>
   </system.webServer>
</location>

The following configuration sample enables IIS Client Certificate Mapping authentication using one-to-one certificate mapping for the Default Web Site, creates a singe one-to-one certificate mapping for a user account, and configures the site to require SSL and to negotiate client certificates.

<location path="Default Web Site">
   <system.webServer>
      <security>
         <access sslFlags="Ssl, SslNegotiateCert" />
         <authentication>
            <windowsAuthentication enabled="false" />
            <anonymousAuthentication enabled="false" />
            <digestAuthentication enabled="false" />
            <basicAuthentication enabled="false" />
            <iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication enabled="true"
                  oneToOneCertificateMappingsEnabled="true">
               <oneToOneMappings>
                  <add enabled="true"
                     userName="administrator"
                     password="[enc:AesProvider:Encrypted-Password-Data:enc]"
                     certificate="Base64-Encoded-Certificate-Data" />
               </oneToOneMappings>
            </iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication>
         </authentication>
      </security>
   </system.webServer>
</location>

How to retrieve Base-64 encoded string from a client certificate

Note: To retrieve a Base-64 encoded certificate data for all of the samples in this topic, you can export a certificate using the following steps:

  • Click Start, then Run.
  • Enter MMC, and then click OK.
  • When the Microsoft Management Console opens, click File, then Add/Remove Snap-ins.
  • In the Add or Remove Snap-ins dialog box:
    • Highlight Certificates in the list of available snap-ins, then click Add.
    • Choose to manage certificates for My user account, then click Finish.
    • Click OK to close the dialog box.
  • In the Microsoft Management Console:
    • Expand Certificates - Current User, then Personal, then Certificates.
    • In the list of certificates, right-click the certificate that you want to export, then click All Tasks, and then click Export.
  • When the Certificate Export Wizard opens:
    • Click Next.
    • Choose No, do not export the private key, then click Next.
    • Choose Base-64 encoded X.509 9 (.CER) for the export format, then click Next.
    • Choose to save the certificate to your desktop as MyCertificate.cer, then click Next.
    • Click Finish; you should see a dialog box that says the export was successful.
  • Close the Microsoft Management Console.
  • Open the MyCertificate.cer file that you exported using Windows Notepad:
    • Remove "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----" from the start of the text.
    • Remove "-----END CERTIFICATE-----" from the end of the text.
    • Concatenate all the lines into a single line of text - this is the Base-64 encoded certificate data that you will use for all of the samples in this topic.

Sample Code

The following code samples perform the following actions for the Default Web Site:

  • Enable IIS Client Certificate Mapping authentication using many-to-one certificate mapping.
  • Create a many-to-one certificate mapping rule for a user account based on the organization field in the subject of the client certificate matching Contoso.
  • Configure the site to require SSL and to negotiate client certificates.

AppCmd.exe

appcmd.exe set config "Default Web Site" -section:system.webServer/security/authentication/iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication /enabled:"True" /manyToOneCertificateMappingsEnabled:"True" /commit:apphost

appcmd.exe set config "Default Web Site" -section:system.webServer/security/authentication/iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication /+"manyToOneMappings.[name='Contoso Employees',enabled='True',permissionMode='Allow',userName='Username',password='Password']" /commit:apphost

appcmd.exe set config "Default Web Site" -section:system.webServer/security/authentication/iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication /+"manyToOneMappings.[name='Contoso Employees'].rules.[certificateField='Subject',certificateSubField='O',matchCriteria='Contoso',compareCaseSensitive='True']" /commit:apphost

appcmd.exe set config "Default Web Site" -section:system.webServer/security/access /sslFlags:"Ssl, SslNegotiateCert" /commit:apphost

C#

using System;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Web.Administration;

internal static class Sample
{
   private static void Main()
   {
      using (ServerManager serverManager = new ServerManager())
      {
         Configuration config = serverManager.GetApplicationHostConfiguration();

         ConfigurationSection iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection = config.GetSection("system.webServer/security/authentication/iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication", "Default Web Site");
         iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection["enabled"] = true;
         iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection["manyToOneCertificateMappingsEnabled"] = true;

         ConfigurationElementCollection manyToOneMappingsCollection = iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.GetCollection("manyToOneMappings");
         ConfigurationElement addElement = manyToOneMappingsCollection.CreateElement("add");
         addElement["name"] = @"Contoso Employees";
         addElement["enabled"] = true;
         addElement["permissionMode"] = @"Allow";
         addElement["userName"] = @"Username";
         addElement["password"] = @"Password";

         ConfigurationElementCollection rulesCollection = addElement.GetCollection("rules");
         ConfigurationElement addElement1 = rulesCollection.CreateElement("add");
         addElement1["certificateField"] = @"Subject";
         addElement1["certificateSubField"] = @"O";
         addElement1["matchCriteria"] = @"Contoso";
         addElement1["compareCaseSensitive"] = true;
         rulesCollection.Add(addElement1);
         manyToOneMappingsCollection.Add(addElement);

         ConfigurationSection accessSection = config.GetSection("system.webServer/security/access", "Default Web Site");
         accessSection["sslFlags"] = @"Ssl, SslNegotiateCert";

         serverManager.CommitChanges();
      }
   }
}

VB.NET

Imports System
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.Web.Administration

Module Sample

   Sub Main()
      Dim serverManager As ServerManager = New ServerManager
      Dim config As Configuration = serverManager.GetApplicationHostConfiguration

      Dim iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection As ConfigurationSection = config.GetSection("system.webServer/security/authentication/iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication", "Default Web Site")
      iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection("enabled") = True
      iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection("manyToOneCertificateMappingsEnabled") = True

      Dim manyToOneMappingsCollection As ConfigurationElementCollection = iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.GetCollection("manyToOneMappings")
      Dim addElement As ConfigurationElement = manyToOneMappingsCollection.CreateElement("add")
      addElement("name") = "Contoso Employees"
      addElement("enabled") = True
      addElement("permissionMode") = "Allow"
      addElement("userName") = "Username"
      addElement("password") = "Password"

      Dim rulesCollection As ConfigurationElementCollection = addElement.GetCollection("rules")
      Dim addElement1 As ConfigurationElement = rulesCollection.CreateElement("add")
      addElement1("certificateField") = "Subject"
      addElement1("certificateSubField") = "O"
      addElement1("matchCriteria") = "Contoso"
      addElement1("compareCaseSensitive") = True
      rulesCollection.Add(addElement1)
      manyToOneMappingsCollection.Add(addElement)

      Dim accessSection As ConfigurationSection = config.GetSection("system.webServer/security/access", "Default Web Site")
      accessSection("sslFlags") = "Ssl, SslNegotiateCert"

      serverManager.CommitChanges()
   End Sub

End Module

JavaScript

var adminManager = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.ApplicationHost.WritableAdminManager');
adminManager.CommitPath = "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST";

var iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.webServer/security/authentication/iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Default Web Site");
iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.Properties.Item("enabled").Value = true;
iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.Properties.Item("manyToOneCertificateMappingsEnabled").Value = true;

var manyToOneMappingsCollection = iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.ChildElements.Item("manyToOneMappings").Collection;
var addElement = manyToOneMappingsCollection.CreateNewElement("add");
addElement.Properties.Item("name").Value = "Contoso Employees";
addElement.Properties.Item("enabled").Value = true;
addElement.Properties.Item("permissionMode").Value = "Allow";
addElement.Properties.Item("userName").Value = "Username";
addElement.Properties.Item("password").Value = "Password";

var rulesCollection = addElement.ChildElements.Item("rules").Collection;
var addElement1 = rulesCollection.CreateNewElement("add");
addElement1.Properties.Item("certificateField").Value = "Subject";
addElement1.Properties.Item("certificateSubField").Value = "O";
addElement1.Properties.Item("matchCriteria").Value = "Contoso";
addElement1.Properties.Item("compareCaseSensitive").Value = true;
rulesCollection.AddElement(addElement1);
manyToOneMappingsCollection.AddElement(addElement);

var accessSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.webServer/security/access", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Default Web Site");
accessSection.Properties.Item("sslFlags").Value = "Ssl, SslNegotiateCert";

adminManager.CommitChanges();

VBScript

Set adminManager = WScript.CreateObject("Microsoft.ApplicationHost.WritableAdminManager")
adminManager.CommitPath = "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST"

Set iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.webServer/security/authentication/iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Default Web Site")
iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.Properties.Item("enabled").Value = True
iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.Properties.Item("manyToOneCertificateMappingsEnabled").Value = True

Set manyToOneMappingsCollection = iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.ChildElements.Item("manyToOneMappings").Collection
Set addElement = manyToOneMappingsCollection.CreateNewElement("add")
addElement.Properties.Item("name").Value = "Contoso Employees"
addElement.Properties.Item("enabled").Value = True
addElement.Properties.Item("permissionMode").Value = "Allow"
addElement.Properties.Item("userName").Value = "Username"
addElement.Properties.Item("password").Value = "Password"

Set rulesCollection = addElement.ChildElements.Item("rules").Collection
Set addElement1 = rulesCollection.CreateNewElement("add")
addElement1.Properties.Item("certificateField").Value = "Subject"
addElement1.Properties.Item("certificateSubField").Value = "O"
addElement1.Properties.Item("matchCriteria").Value = "Contoso"
addElement1.Properties.Item("compareCaseSensitive").Value = True
rulesCollection.AddElement(addElement1)
manyToOneMappingsCollection.AddElement(addElement)

Set accessSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.webServer/security/access", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Default Web Site")
accessSection.Properties.Item("sslFlags").Value = "Ssl, SslNegotiateCert"

adminManager.CommitChanges()

The following code samples enable IIS Client Certificate Mapping authentication using one-to-one certificate mapping for the Default Web Site, create a single one-to-one certificate mapping for a user account, and configure the site to require SSL and to negotiate client certificates.

Note: To retrieve the Base-64 encoded certificate data for the code samples listed below, you can export a certificate using the steps listed in the Configuration Details section of this document.

AppCmd.exe

Note: Because of characters in certificate strings that cannot be parsed by AppCmd.exe, you should not use AppCmd.exe to configure IIS one-to-one certificate mappings.

C#

using System;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Web.Administration;

internal static class Sample
{
   private static void Main()
   {
      using (ServerManager serverManager = new ServerManager())
      {
         Configuration config = serverManager.GetApplicationHostConfiguration();

         ConfigurationSection iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection = config.GetSection("system.webServer/security/authentication/iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication", "Default Web Site");
         iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection["enabled"] = true;
         iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection["oneToOneCertificateMappingsEnabled"] = true;

         ConfigurationElementCollection oneToOneMappingsCollection = iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.GetCollection("oneToOneMappings");
         ConfigurationElement addElement = oneToOneMappingsCollection.CreateElement("add");
         addElement["enabled"] = true;
         addElement["userName"] = @"Username";
         addElement["password"] = @"Password";
         addElement["certificate"] = @"Base-64-Encoded-Certificate-Data";
         oneToOneMappingsCollection.Add(addElement);

         ConfigurationSection accessSection = config.GetSection("system.webServer/security/access", "Default Web Site");
         accessSection["sslFlags"] = @"Ssl, SslNegotiateCert";

         serverManager.CommitChanges();
      }
   }
}

VB.NET

Imports System
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.Web.Administration

Module Sample

   Sub Main()
      Dim serverManager As ServerManager = New ServerManager
      Dim config As Configuration = serverManager.GetApplicationHostConfiguration

      Dim iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection As ConfigurationSection = config.GetSection("system.webServer/security/authentication/iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication", "Default Web Site")
      iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection("enabled") = True
      iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection("oneToOneCertificateMappingsEnabled") = True

      Dim oneToOneMappingsCollection As ConfigurationElementCollection = iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.GetCollection("oneToOneMappings")
      Dim addElement As ConfigurationElement = oneToOneMappingsCollection.CreateElement("add")
      addElement("enabled") = True
      addElement("userName") = "Username"
      addElement("password") = "Password"
      addElement("certificate") = "Base-64-Encoded-Certificate-Data"
      oneToOneMappingsCollection.Add(addElement)

      Dim accessSection As ConfigurationSection = config.GetSection("system.webServer/security/access", "Default Web Site")
      accessSection("sslFlags") = "Ssl, SslNegotiateCert"

      serverManager.CommitChanges()
   End Sub

End Module

JavaScript

var adminManager = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.ApplicationHost.WritableAdminManager');
adminManager.CommitPath = "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST";

var iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.webServer/security/authentication/iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Default Web Site");
iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.Properties.Item("enabled").Value = true;
iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.Properties.Item("oneToOneCertificateMappingsEnabled").Value = true;

var oneToOneMappingsCollection = iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.ChildElements.Item("oneToOneMappings").Collection;
var addElement = oneToOneMappingsCollection.CreateNewElement("add");
addElement.Properties.Item("enabled").Value = true;
addElement.Properties.Item("userName").Value = "Username";
addElement.Properties.Item("password").Value = "Password";
addElement.Properties.Item("certificate").Value = "Base-64-Encoded-Certificate-Data";
oneToOneMappingsCollection.AddElement(addElement);

var accessSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.webServer/security/access", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Default Web Site");
accessSection.Properties.Item("sslFlags").Value = "Ssl, SslNegotiateCert";

adminManager.CommitChanges();

VBScript

Set adminManager = WScript.CreateObject("Microsoft.ApplicationHost.WritableAdminManager")
adminManager.CommitPath = "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST"

Set iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.webServer/security/authentication/iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Default Web Site")
iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.Properties.Item("enabled").Value = True
iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.Properties.Item("oneToOneCertificateMappingsEnabled").Value = True

Set oneToOneMappingsCollection = iisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection.ChildElements.Item("oneToOneMappings").Collection
Set addElement = oneToOneMappingsCollection.CreateNewElement("add")
addElement.Properties.Item("enabled").Value = True
addElement.Properties.Item("userName").Value = "Username"
addElement.Properties.Item("password").Value = "Password"
addElement.Properties.Item("certificate").Value = "Base-64-Encoded-Certificate-Data"
oneToOneMappingsCollection.AddElement(addElement)

Set accessSection = adminManager.GetAdminSection("system.webServer/security/access", "MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/Default Web Site")
accessSection.Properties.Item("sslFlags").Value = "Ssl, SslNegotiateCert"

adminManager.CommitChanges()
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