Reblog: How to deploy certificates with Group Policy – Part 1: Introduction
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Andrew Jacops is a system/network administrator with over ten years experience managing Windows environments and the network infrastructures they run on.
Whether you’re trying to protect source code, company secrets, or just trying to keep your users safe, machine and user certificates are an important part of a multi-factor authentication system to secure your territory. In the first part of this two part series for deploying user and machine certificates using Group Policy, we will discuss what certificates are, best practices, and what they can be used for.
What Are Certificates?
Certificates, defined in the standard X.509, are a form of electronic identity verifiers for users and devices on a network. They can be likened to birth certificates. When you are born a government agency issues you a certificate as proof that you were in fact born, the date and time of that occurrence, in what place, etc. You can then use that certificate to prove that you are who you claim to be and reap the benefits of having this verification such as a driver’s license, passport, and a job.
Certificate Information
Certificate Authorities
In the example above, the government agency is the CA, or Certificate Authority, and the certificates are of course the birth certificates. A CA is used to issue digital certificates and verify their authenticity.
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