requesting a certificate in Vista.

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Kristin Griffin

Hi there,

When requesting a certificate in Vista, if you choose to create a custom
request (not going to use a template) and go to the "details" area, there
are different areas to go through. The first is Subject. For subject name
and alternative name, there are alot of choices. Is what you pick
influenced by what the policy and CPS of the receiving CA says it needs from
you? Meaning, the CA's policies dictate what you should pick in order to
get a certificate from that CA. And all CAs can differ? Same thing for the
Extensions tab?

Thanks!

Kristin
 
It can be due to policy. For example, one of our customers has defined
certificate profiles. These define the exact contents of the issued X.509
certificate. Remember, when you are developing a custom request, you are
replicating the functionality produced by certificate templates (with
additional flexibility of course).
Bottom line, you put in the subject name formats and extension required by
both the applications and your policies.
Brian

"Kristin Griffin" <kristin.l.griffin@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> When requesting a certificate in Vista, if you choose to create a custom
> request (not going to use a template) and go to the "details" area, there
> are different areas to go through. The first is Subject. For subject
> name and alternative name, there are alot of choices. Is what you pick
> influenced by what the policy and CPS of the receiving CA says it needs
> from you? Meaning, the CA's policies dictate what you should pick in
> order to get a certificate from that CA. And all CAs can differ? Same
> thing for the Extensions tab?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kristin
>
 
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