Re: CA Q



In article <#wDIzUfoFHA.3312@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, coolromeo29
@yahoo.com says...
> By using Certification Authority on WIN2K3 server, does all data become
> encrypted between those with certificates?
>
>
>

Not quite. Public and private keys (as well as generated session keys)
are used by services for encryption and authentication. The MSPress
Security+ book has a really good overview of how encryption works. (I
wrote that chapter).
.



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