Wednesday, September 26, 2007

New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: How to Setup a Windows Certificate Authority

How to Setup a Windows Certificate Authority - view details
Windows Certificate Services allows us to setup our own internal certificate authority so that we can issue digital certificates for internal applications. You typically do not want to use an internally-generated certificate for public-facing applications; your internal certificate authority will only really be used in-house (in your own company). This videos shows you how to install a local certificate authority which boosts your Windows Server security and your network security.

Highlights from this video:
  • Using Add/Remove Programs to add Microsoft Certificate Services
  • What are the various types of certificate authorities in Windows 2003?
  • Should I choose an Enterprise root CA, Enterprise subordinate CA, Stand-alone root CA, or Stand-alone subordinate CA?
  • Understanding the custom settings of certificates
  • Encryption options and key/value pairs in your CA (md5, SHA-1, etc)
and much more


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Keywords Associated with this video: security, md5, SHA-1