Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-640): Configuring Windows Server® 2008 Active Directory® (2nd Edition)

Chapter 15. Active Directory Certificate Services and Public Key Infrastructures

Public key infrastructures (PKIs) are becoming core infrastructure elements for all modern organizations. Almost every organization today has some use for public key certificates. Whether it is to secure wireless communications, to offer secure commercial services on websites, to integrate Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) virtual private networks, or even just to sign email and identify themselves in web environments, organizations everywhere are using PKI certificates.

With PKI certificates comes the infrastructure itself—an infrastructure you must first create and then manage. Microsoft has included the ability to generate and maintain PKIs directly in the OS for some ...