Chapter 15. Issuing Certificates

Having created the required certificate templates, the next step is to determine how to get the certificates to the desired computers, users, or network devices.

A certificate request involves actions performed at the computer where the certificate request is generated and at the certification authority (CA) that issues the certificate to the requestor.

When a certificate request is initiated, the process shown in Figure 15-1 takes place.

The certificate enrollment process

Figure 15-1. The certificate enrollment process

  1. When the user generates a request for a certificate, the client computer asks the cryptographic service provider (CSP) designated by ...

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