Client certificate beginners help!

Client certificate beginners help!

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Client certificate beginners help! zzgfzldv 09-21-2007
Posted by on September 21, 2007, 7:13 am
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Hi

I am new to understanding certificates and I have looked at a mass of
information on the web, but I am still not clear as to what I need to
progress.

We have created a web application, which is to be accessed by our
clients (about 10). We have purchased a server certificate from
Verisign so the website is accessed over SSL. The clients need to
login to the website using userid/password etc, however we would like
a further security mechanism such as a client certificate.

The idea would be to issue each client with a certificate on a CD
which would be unique to that client, which they would then install.

I have created a CA server which is seperate from our web server. I
installed this as a standalone Root CA. I can then browse to
http://caserver/certserv and request an advanced certificate which I
complete with the clients details. I can then import this certificate
into Internet Explorer certificates under the Personal tab.

I am sure there is more I need to do, but am not sure where to start.
I have heard about Chains, and using a company certificate to sign
your own, but am not sure how to go about doing this.

Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks in advance.


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