August 2000
Intermediate to advanced
800 pages
21h 5m
English
Content preview from Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Security Handbook
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The Certificate Services
Windows 2000 and Windows NT have a service called the Microsoft certificate server (MCS). It serves as the core of their certificate services.
I first explain how Microsoft certificate services work. Then I show how to install and administer the certificate server. I also go over how it is used with respect to Microsoft's certificate services architecture.
How It Works
The core of the certificate services is Microsoft's certificate server. The server fulfills all the primary duties of a CA. It can issue, renew, and revoke X.509v3 certificates for users. It can also be chained to other CAs to implement a public-key infrastructure.
The certificate server uses the following steps:
1. | Request.
A user makes a PKCS 10 certificate ... |