Microsoft® Windows Server 2003: Administrator’s Companion

Chapter 22. Using Microsoft Certificate Services

More Vocabulary 773

Preinstallation 779

Installation and Configuration 781

The Certification Authority Snap-in 786

The Certificates Snap-in 800

CAs Linked into a Hierarchy 800

Command-Line Utilities 803

Summary 805

In Chapter 20 and Chapter 21, you learned about the security protocols and tools that Microsoft Windows Server 2003 supports. Some of these protocols, like Kerberos and Internet Protocol security (IPSec), are primarily used to protect network traffic from intrusion; others, like Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) and Encrypting File System (EFS), protect messages and files from compromise. Even components that don’t have anything to do with security directly, like the Active ...