You're reading from Active Directory Administration Cookbook, Second Edition Proven solutions to everyday identity and authentication challenges for both on-premises and the cloud

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803242507

Length 696 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Identity Management

Author (1):

Sander Berkouwer

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Optimizing Forests, Domains, and Trusts

2. Chapter 2: Managing Domain Controllers FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Managing Active Directory Roles and Features

4. Chapter 4: Managing Containers and Organizational Units

5. Chapter 5: Managing Active Directory Sites and Troubleshooting Replication

6. Chapter 6: Managing Active Directory Users

7. Chapter 7: Managing Active Directory Groups

8. Chapter 8: Managing Active Directory Computers

9. Chapter 9: Managing DNS

10. Chapter 10: Getting the Most Out of Group Policy

11. Chapter 11: Securing Active Directory

12. Chapter 12: Managing Certificates

13. Chapter 13: Managing Federation

14. Chapter 14: Handling Authentication in a Hybrid World (AD FS, PHS, PTA, and DSSO)

15. Chapter 15: Handling Synchronization in a Hybrid World (Azure AD Connect)

16. Chapter 16: Hardening Azure AD

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Chapter 12: Managing Certificates

Certificates, as part of a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), have several practical uses:

They can be used to encrypt network traffic.
They can be used to sign in.
They can be used to sign code.
They can be used to encrypt files and folders.

Certificates are based on cryptographic public keys and private keys. This key pair is generated upon the creation of a certificate by a Certification Authority (CA). When used to encrypt data, files, and folders, only with the right private key can data be decrypted that was encrypted with a given public key, and vice versa. When used to sign in, only the right key can be used to verify the identity.

Every certificate has a subject and a lifespan. A typical lifespan is one year. However, once a certificate is issued to you or a system, it can be revoked during its lifespan. Every time a certificate action is performed, the certificate revocation status is checked with the CA that issued...