Security with Certificates

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Security with certificates

Certificates can be used for:

• Authentication, which verifies the identity of someone or something.

• Privacy, which ensures that information is only available to the intended audience.

• Encryption, which disguises information so that unauthorized readers are unable to decipher it.

• Digital signatures, which provide nonrepudiation and message integrity.

These security services can be important to the security of your communications.

• Certificates and Authentication

• Privacy

• Encryption

• Digital signatures