certificates
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 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 MoreWeb server certificate enrollment with SAN extension
As part of joining PKI Solutions, several blog posts from my old site are re-posted here for visibility and thoroughness. Many of windows administrators requires to setup SSL on their web servers and mostly they wish to use certificates with the Subject Alternative Name extension that allows to map a single certificate to a multiple…
Read MoreThe case of accidentally deleted user certificates
As part of joining PKI Solutions, several blog posts from my old site are re-posted here for visibility and thoroughness. Sometimes users accidentally delete their certificates from personal store. After that users are not able to perform certificate-based tasks, i.e. decrypt files or mail, sign data and authenticate. Some organizations implement Key Archival for certificate and private…
Read MoreYou cannot submit a certificate request generated by Exchange Management Console (EMC) or Exchange Management Shell (EMS) to CA
As part of joining PKI Solutions, several blog posts from my old site are re-posted here for visibility and thoroughness. You create certificate certificate by using either Exchange Management Console (EMC) or Exchange Management Shell (EMS) and save it to a file. When you attempt to submit certificate request to a Windows-based Certification Authority (CA)…
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