Planning Core CA Options
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
Before you can establish a CA infrastructure that meets the security needs and certificate requirements for your organization, you need to make decisions about a number of core CA options that are available. Planning the CA infrastructure for your organization involves making decisions about the following:
Location of the root certification authorities.
Internal versus third-party CAs.
Requirements for CA capacity, performance, and scalability.
Your Active Directory structure.
Your PKI management model.
CA types and roles.
Use of hardware cryptographic service providers.
Number of CAs required.