Seems the e-book for $50 might be the best way to go as the paperback ones are a tad steep! Must be a signed copy :)
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Windows+Server%AE+2008+PKI+and+Certificate+Security Jim -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 4:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Certificate authority No, you are not overthinking this. It's not extremely complicated, but it's very good to do all of your reading and get your ducks all in a row before you start this. I went with a two-tier installation - the root CA is a VM that's shut down and copied to a portable disk, and is not a member of the domain. Make sure that you note when your CRL expires, so that you can bring up your root CA in time to generate a new one. If you want to get more depth on the subject, I recommend this book (only available as an ebook, unfortunately): http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780735625167.do Kurt On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 3:48 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > We will be installing Microsoft Lync here very soon and I need to have > a > certificate authority running. To date, weve not had a need to > stand one > up and from the research Ive done, it seems there are a > number of ways to > go three tier, two, standalone. > > > > Our needs are for Lync, maybe some certs for some smart phones and > some > internal software weve written so its not a complicated system > from our > perspective. At least not for the short term. I obviously > dont want to > do something that Ill regret later and was looking for > some advice from > other who have traveled these roads and learned what to do, and what not to > do. > > > > From my research, I think a two tier system will work but Im not real > > clear at this point how you have an offline CA (for security purposes) > and > subordinate CAs to hand our certs. Still reading up on all that. > > > > Am I overthinking all this as my Lync installer suggests? He said > that I > should just install the certificate role on a DC and that would > be that. I > think they might be better at installing and configuring > Lync than they are > at designing certificate authorities as my research > indicates doing that is > not the best way to go. > > Can anyone share their experiences as time is short and I need to > decide > what CA to stand up. > > > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > Jim > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
