Design and implement certificate-based security solutions with guidance from a principal consultant to the Microsoft PKI Team.

No need to buy or outsource costly PKI services when you can use the robust PKI and certificate-based security services already built into Microsoft Windows Server 2003! This in-depth reference teaches you how to design and implement even the most demanding certificate-based security solutions for wireless networking, smart card authentication, VPNs, secure email, Web SSL, EFS, and code-signing applications using Windows Server PKI and certificate services. Microsoft's principal PKI consultant, along with members of the Microsoft PKI Team, shows you how to incorporate best practices, avoid common design and implementation mistakes, help minimize risk, and optimize security administration. CD-ROM features timesaving tools, scripts, and an eBook.

• Foundations of PKI
  • Basics of Cryptography
  • Primer to PKI
  • Policies and PKI
• Establishing a PKI
  • Preparing an Active Directory Environment
  • Designing a Certification Authority Hierarchy
  • Implementing a CA Hierarchy
  • Securing a CA Hierarchy
  • Designing Certificate Templates
  • Certificate Validation
  • Role Separation
  • Planning and Implementing Disaster Recovery
  • Deploying Certificates
  • Creating Trust between Organizations
• Deploying Application-Specific Solutions
  • Archiving Encryption Keys
  • Smart Card Deployment
  • Encrypting File System
  • Implementing SSL Encryption for Web Services
  • Secure E-Mail
  • Virtual Private networking
  • Wireless Networking
  • Code Signing
  • A. Case Studies Answers