Firewall Prevents Nexus Access from Receiving Updates to the Passport Network Map (303739)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Passport 1.3
  • Microsoft Passport 1.4
  • Microsoft Passport 1.99
This article was previously published under Q303739

SUMMARY

If your computer resides behind a firewall, you must take steps to ensure that your Network Map (Partner.xml) is updated regularly and successfully. The steps that you take depend on which version of the Passport Software Development Kit (SDK) you are using.

MORE INFORMATION

If you are using Passport SDK version 1.4.1 or later, first make sure that the Passport SDK is installed. For more information about installing the Passport SDK, see the following Passport SDK Web site:

Installing the SDK
http://www.passport.com/devinfo/setup_sdk.asp

After the Passport SDK is installed, adjust your registry so that your proxy settings are available to the system process that obtains Partner.xml. To do this, copy the contents of the following registry key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Internet Settings

to the following key:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Internet Settings

If you are using Passport SDK version 1.4 or earlier, you can add a Network Map refresh page to your site. To create a Network Map refresh page, use the following code: 
<% Dim pmadmin, success

Set pmadmin = Server.CreateObject("Passport.Admin.1")
success = pmadmin.Refresh(true)

%>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Client Test Pages<%=strPageHeading%></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY border=0 topmargin=0 rightmargin=0 leftmargin=0
text="<%=strPgeTextCol%>" bgcolor="<%=strPgeBackCol%>">

<%
Response.write("Refresh occurred? ")
Response.write(success)
%>

</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
For more information about Network Map refresh, see the following Passport SDK Web site:

Nexus Information
http://www.passport.com/devinfo/Other_Nexus.asp

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/30/2003
Keywords:kbinfo KB303739
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