Hello There, I have a Windows 2008 R2 machine. and I have hosted Sharepoint 2010 on it. I have a site which I have published over Internet. I don't know whether it's related , but I am getting an error which I am unable to resolve or come to a conclusion. It's pretty frequent. My server is patched up with the latest updates. Log Name: System Source: Schannel Date: 8/12/2011 3:49:43 PM Event ID: 36887 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: User: SYSTEM Computer: MyComp.Domain.com Description: The following fatal alert was received: 42. The above error doesn't provide much info . Could you please help me identify the issue and a possible solution to it ?

There have been a lot of posts about that one. I believe it can be safely ignored. There have been people saying it's related to connecting to sites with self-signed certificates. Altso people have said that it's due to an error in Internet Explorer 8 x64.Microsoft: MCP, MCTS, MCITP: SA, MCITP: EA || CIW: Associate, Security Professional || CompTIA: A+, Server+, Linux+ || Citrix: CCA on XenApp || HP: ASP, ASP:SMB || Astaro: ACA, ACE

Thank you for your reply !! We have a third party Certificate. What's baffling is the Secure channel Error . It suggests as if we have a registration with the AD failing issue. I do have IE 8. Will try installing IE 9 and check .

Do that, and please report back if it helps to solve the problem..Microsoft: MCP, MCTS, MCITP: SA, MCITP: EA || CIW: Associate, Security Professional || CompTIA: A+, Server+, Linux+ || Citrix: CCA on XenApp || HP: ASP, ASP:SMB || Astaro: ACA, ACE

This is SSL/TLS secure channel communication (Perhaps the mismatch of certificates). Does the whole system work as expected, or there is any lack of functionality? I would recommend double check of http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb310795.aspx and setting ssl on iis. Perhaps a bit older resource can help too http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/144/how-to-set-up-ssl-on-iis-7/ In the case that you does not resolve the problem, ask in the IIS forum.