Enrolling Certificates using the web browser

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Enrolling Certificates using the web browser

The following sections describe the certificate enrollment using the standard Microsoft CA, as it can be installed on Microsoft Windows server operating systems (e.g. Microsoft Windows Server 2003).

Public CA's may use different web interfaces.

  1. Start Internet Explorer Start your Internet Explorer and browse to your enterprise certification authority start page.
    Select Request a certificate and click on Next to proceed.
     
  2. Process the Certificate Request
    Select User certificate request and click on Next to proceed.
     
    If you select Advanced Request your request is more flexible and a wide range of parameters can be selected or set. This option usually has to be used to be able to select one of the Cryptographic Service Providers delivered with the Security Platform Solution.

    Click on More Options to allow associating the Cryptographic Service Provider to the requested certificate.

    If you click on Submit the following default values are used for the certificate request:

    CSP: MS Base Cryptographic Provider V1
    Key Length: Default of CSP
    Strong private key protection: No
    Container name: A random GUID

    The certificate will be associated to the MS Base Cryptographic Provider V1.

    Select one of the Cryptographic Service Providers delivered with the Security Platform Solution to be used by the requested certificate.
    The key length is automatically set to the default key length of the CSP and the container name is a random GUID.

    If the Cryptographic Service Providers delivered with the Security Platform Solution are not listed, please make sure that the user certificate template was modified.

    Complete the certificate request with a click on Submit.

    A confirmation is displayed that the certificate request was successfully performed.

    The received certificate can be installed on your system by clicking on Install this certificate.


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