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Windows Server 2003 Security Cookbook: Public Key Infrastructure and Certificates

Overview Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Certification Authorities (CA) have become very popular IT artifacts. They can be used for a multitude of purposes including identity assertion, encryption, and digital signatures. They're actually relatively easy to set up and very easy to maintain. However, before jumping into the recipes, the user should understand some of the basic concepts and terminology of PKI.

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Publisher	O'Reilly Media	File Format	PDF
Date Published	February 2006	Downloads	5
Format	Book chapters
Topics	Infrastructure Management, Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, PKI

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