Posted September 21, 200717 yr Hi I am new to understanding certificates and I have looked at a mass of information on the web, but I am still not clear as to what I need to progress. We have created a web application, which is to be accessed by our clients (about 10). We have purchased a server certificate from Verisign so the website is accessed over SSL. The clients need to login to the website using userid/password etc, however we would like a further security mechanism such as a client certificate. The idea would be to issue each client with a certificate on a CD which would be unique to that client, which they would then install. I have created a CA server which is seperate from our web server. I installed this as a standalone Root CA. I can then browse to http://caserver/certserv and request an advanced certificate which I complete with the clients details. I can then import this certificate into Internet Explorer certificates under the Personal tab. I am sure there is more I need to do, but am not sure where to start. I have heard about Chains, and using a company certificate to sign your own, but am not sure how to go about doing this. Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
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