Wednesday, July 1, 2015

WHAT IS ACTIVE DIRECTORY CERTIFICATE SERVICES


WHAT IS ACTIVE DIRECTORY CERTIFICATE SERVICES
Applications supported by AD CS include Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME), secure wireless networks, virtual private networks (VPN), Internet Protocol security (IPsec), Encrypting File System (EFS), smart card logon, Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) and digital signatures.
AD CS, which can be managed through Microsoft Management Console snap-ins or Server Manager,  has six components:
1.    CA Web enrollment - connects users to a CA with a Web browser
2.    Certification authorities (CAs) - manages certificate validation and issues certificates
3.    Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service - allows computers and users to retrieve information about their certificate enrollment policy
4.    Certificate Enrollment Web Service - allows computers and users to enroll certificates using HTTPS
5.    Network Device Enrollment Service - lets network devices without domain accounts retrieve certificates.

6.    Online Responder - responds to requests about a certificate's status

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