Pro Active Directory Certificate Services: Creating and Managing Digital Certificates for Use in Microsoft Networks

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L. E. HughesPro Active Directory Certificate Serviceshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7486-6_17

17. Issue and Manage Windows Logon Certificates

Lawrence E. Hughes¹  

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Frisco, TX, USA

 

Most people who use Windows (even in corporate networks) authenticate with username/password. To be specific, here, the username is actually the User Principal Name (UPN), which can be entered as HUGHESNET-US\lhughes or [e-mail] in my network. The password is the one in the user’s Active Directory account (when using domain login).

It is possible to create Windows Logon Smart cards , which is just a PKI smart card that contains a certificate with the SubjectDN ...