A Certificate Authority (CA) certificate is a digital credential that validates the identity of the CA that owns the certificate. Within the CA there are public keys in which are assigned which is used to verify the authenticity. The objective of this project was to setup and implement a Root CA, and Stand Alone CA on an university department domain using Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Certificate services. The student first cloned the virtual machine and then installed active directory domain services onto the virtual machine. Next, DCpromo was installed and the Enterprise Root CA was configured. The student then configured the certificates and installed an Online Responder. After that was successfully completed the Stand Alone CA was configured. Finally the student tested the CA’s through a web request.
Project Student: Patrick Owens
