What type of certificate?
Hi, I have an old Windows 2003 server acting as a Certificate Authority. I want to replace this server with a Win 2008R2 system, and at the same time change the certificate from self signed to a valid external one. My forest is "company.biz" and I own the domain already. What type of certificate should I buy? Is there a special type of CA certificate which allows me to generate new certificates for computers and subdomains? Thanks, Adfrad
March 23rd, 2012 1:30pm

What type of certificate should I buy? - depends what you need it for, encryption, server authentication, email, signing etc... Is there a special type of CA certificate which allows me to generate new certificates for computers and subdomains? Check out deploying a Public Key Infrastructure: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776679(v=ws.10).aspx VeriSign uses the concept of classes for different types of digital certificates : Class 1 for individuals, intended for email.Class 2 for organizations, for which proof of identity is required.Class 3 for servers and software signing, for which independent verification and checking of identity and authority is done by the issuing certificate authority.Class 4 for online business transactions between companies.Class 5 for private organizations or governmental security. Other vendors may choose to use different classes or no classes at all as this is not specified in the SSL protocol, though, most do opt to use classes in some form. MCTS - Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. http://mariusene.wordpress.com/
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March 23rd, 2012 4:03pm

Hello, the security forum is the better place to ask about CA http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserversecurity/threadsBest regards Meinolf Weber MVP, MCP, MCTS Microsoft MVP - Directory Services My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/ Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.
March 24th, 2012 7:34am

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