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CryptographicException error when Edge Transport service crashes in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

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Symptoms

The Microsoft Edge Transport service (EdgeTransport.exe) crashes when an Edge server tries to establish an SMTP session with a remote site in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 environment. Additionally, you receive the following CLR exception:
System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: ASN1 bad tag value met.

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Cause

This issue occurs because the remote malformed Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate causes the Edge Transport service to crash during the Transport Layer Security (TLS) communication between the Edge server and the remote server.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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Keywords: kbqfe, kbsurveynew, kbfix, kbexpertiseinter, kb

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Article Info
Article ID : 3096125
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 12/15/2015
Exists online : False
Views : 240