2.16 Class certificationAuthority

Represents a process that issues public key certificates, for example, Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS).

 cn: Certification-Authority
 ldapDisplayName: certificationAuthority
 governsId: 2.5.6.16
 objectClassCategory: 0
 rdnAttId: cn
 subClassOf: top
 systemMustContain: cn, certificateRevocationList, cACertificate, 
  authorityRevocationList
 systemMayContain: teletexTerminalIdentifier, 
  supportedApplicationContext, signatureAlgorithms, searchGuide, 
  previousParentCA, previousCACertificates, pendingParentCA, 
  pendingCACertificates, parentCACertificateChain, parentCA, 
  enrollmentProviders, domainPolicyObject, domainID, dNSHostName, 
  deltaRevocationList, currentParentCA, crossCertificatePair, 
  cRLObject, certificateTemplates, cAWEBURL, cAUsages, cAConnect, 
  cACertificateDN
 systemPossSuperiors: container
 schemaIdGuid: 3fdfee50-47f4-11d1-a9c3-0000f80367c1
 defaultSecurityDescriptor: D:(A;;RPWPCRCCDCLCLORCWOWDSDDTSW;;;DA)
  (A;;RPWPCRCCDCLCLORCWOWDSDDTSW;;;SY)(A;;RPLCLORC;;;AU)
 defaultHidingValue: TRUE
 systemOnly: FALSE
 defaultObjectCategory: CN=Certification-Authority,<SchemaNCDN>
 systemFlags: FLAG_SCHEMA_BASE_OBJECT

Version-Specific Behavior: First implemented on Windows 2000 Server operating system.