SCEP and NDES, A Brief History  

SCEP and NDES protocol to support the enrollment of non domain joined devices including IoT devices

SCEP vs. NDES. What are they and how are they related?  Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) and is designated as RFC 8894 is an enrollment method to allow a device to generate a certificate request and automatically submit it to a CA. It can also support certificate revocation and CRL lookups. SCEP was originally designed…

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PKI Solutions Live Q&A

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If you joined our PKI Solutions Office Hours – our live Q&A – held on April 2, 2020 with Mark Cooper, Vadims Podāns, and Jacob Grandlienard, you were part of a lively PKI discussion. With questions around setting up permissions in ADCS, the pros and cons of where CDPs are located, and configuring NDES, this…

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Creating a NDES Policy Module – A Programmers Guide

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Microsoft introduced a great security improvement in Windows Server 2012 R2 to alter the standard Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES) security process. If you are familiar with the whitepaper I wrote for Microsoft (Securing and Hardening NDES) you’ll know I wrote about the disadvantages of using NDES for BYOD and Internet accessible enrollment solutions. The…

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2016 Global PKI Training Schedule

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We’re excited to announce our 2016 Global PKI Training Schedule for Open Enrollment classes. We are also announcing the all new Advanced PKI Training class, a hands-on lab based learning environment. The Advanced course builds on the knowledge and skills of the PKI In-Depth class and offers students the ability to get a deeper knowledge…

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