"The specified network password is not correct" on a certificate without a password, on live server only

Looks like getting this error when loading a certificate from file is a known error: ASP.NET - The specified network password is not correct

Kentor.AuthServices doesn't set the MachineKeySet flag as suggested, which it probably should. I've filed an issue in the github repo that it should be fixed. Please follow up on that issue to see when a fix is avilable.