> Source: [sk171523](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk171523)

# sk171523 - Identity Broker - Peer certificate verification fails

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk171523 |
| Date Created | 2021-01-18 |
| Last Modified | 2024-10-21 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R81.20, R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS) |

## Symptoms

- * Identity Broker - Peer certificate verification fails.
* After replacing the Certificate on one or both sites, `#pdp br st -e` shows "Peer certificate verification fails".

## Cause

**Background:** The Identity Broker allows publishing Identity Sessions to subscriber instances.  

The `identity_broker.C` Template is not configured correctly.

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