Push Certificate won't renew

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Push Certificate won't renew

I am running a OS X Server under 10.7.5 ... it has performed flawlessly for the past several years, so there has been no reason to upgrade.

Our Apple push notification certificate runs out in a few weeks ... I got notifications from both Apple and the server.

However, when I try to renew through the Server app, it gives me the message:

"An unexpected error (-1200) has occurred"

I logged into the Apple Push Certificate portal, and it will only allow me to "Revoke" but not renew online.

I tried creating a new Apple ID to create a new certificate (instead of renewing) ... and I'm greeted with the same error -1200.

Can't find anything online with advice of what to do, and my AppleCare expired last year. Also noticed the Enterprise number I used to call for support is also disconnected.

So am I basically out of luck, unable to get Push notifications anymore through my server .. and is this going to now cost me $1000's of $ and hours of time upgrading for just push notification?

Anyone have any idea what to do at this point, or where to even start?

David

Mac mini, OS X Server, 10.7.5

Posted on Sep 9, 2016 9:13 PM

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cdhw

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Sep 10, 2016 10:39 AM in response to david_dodell

I believe that this issue is due to Apple's identity servers now require TLS 1.2, which OS X 10.7.5 doesn't support. According to this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security#TLS_1.2

you need OS X 10.9 or newer for TLS1.2 support.

OS X 10.7 Server has some significant security issues. If I were you I'd use the remaining time before your current push certificate expires upgrading to an OS X 10.11.6 system.

C.

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