Posts by Vadims Podāns
Deleting certificates from Windows Certificate Store programmatically (PowerShell and C#)
Yesterday I went through one thread on Reddit: New to PS and want to create a script to clear all personal certificates from a local machine and something was suspicious to me. Then I went further and asked google for similar question and examined first page: Delete certificate from Computer Store Removing a certificate from…
Read MorePowerShell PKI Module v3.4.2 and upcoming plans
I’m glad to announce that a new version of PowerShell PKI (PSPKI) module is released. It is available for installation from PowerShell Gallery: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PSPKI/ PSPKI was in stable development for last year and most changes are bug fixes and usability improvements. Release notes for v3.4.2: https://www.pkisolutions.com/tools/release-notes-for-pspki-v342/. However, it doesn’t mean that the module is done…
Read MoreBasic Constraints certificate extension
Hello everyone! Today I’m going to talk about X.509 Basic Constraints certificate extension. Basic Constraints is an X.509 Version 3 certificate extension and is used to identify the type of the certificate holder/subject. In the past (prior to version 3 X.509 certificates) it was impossible to identify who is the subject: CA certificate or end…
Read MoreDatabase log files are not truncated when you perform a full Certification Authority database backup
As part of joining PKI Solutions, several blog posts from my old site are re-posted here for visibility and thoroughness. You have Windows Server 2008 R2 with installed Active Directory Certification Authority role. When you perform a full database backup by using either certutil.exe utility, or Certification Authority, the database log files are not truncated,…
Read MoreYou cannot download CA certificate from web enrollment pages
As part of joining PKI Solutions, several blog posts from my old site are re-posted here for visibility and thoroughness. When you try to download CA certificate from web enrollment pages you get a prompt message with unreadable proposed file name: Do you want to save certnew_cer?ReqID=CACert&Renewal=1&Enc=bin (1,09 KB) from <ServerName> And when you press…
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