No need to buy or outsource costly PKI services when you can use the robust PKI and certificate-based security services already built into Microsoft Windows Server 2003! This in-depth reference teaches you how to design and implement even the most demanding certificate-based security solutions for wireless networking, smart card authentication, VPNs, secure email, Web SSL, EFS, and code-signing applications using Windows Server PKI and certificate services. Microsoft's principal PKI consultant, along with members of the Microsoft PKI Team, shows you how to incorporate best practices, avoid common design and implementation mistakes, help minimize risk, and optimize security administration. CD-ROM features timesaving tools, scripts, and an eBook.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Good detail:
Unlike most books that start with how to install the product, this book goes into much more detail on how to craft a PKI infrastructure. What documents should be approved by legal and what should be in them. Then, it goes on to describe the proper way to install Cert Server from Microsoft and this is not just run setup. If you have to do a PKI for your company, this is the book to get!
The only resource you need for Windows PKI:
Quite simply the only book you will need if you are planning on implementing a Windows 2003 PKI environment. Everything you need, from deciding your Certificate Authority Hierarchy, down to customising your certificate templates and publishing them in Active Directory is right here.
Empowering, Clear, and Consise:
I have to say that this book is simply amazing. I have searched the longest to clearly understand not just about PKI, but actually how to implement it, and was always referred to tombs of mathematical theory and such. This book demystifies PKI infrastructure in clear and concise explanations (but not overkill though), and has a lot of material on how to practically implement a variety of PKI architectures that can fit small businesses to huge enterprise corporations. Implementing this stuff involves... more info
Not casual reading but good:
This could never be called a casual read, but it is a good read. I've spent much time in the Group Policy book, pair that book with Stanek's Windows Server 2003 Inside Out and you have everything you need to master Active Directory and Windows. Recommended.
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