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Crescendo Integration Guide
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Windows 2003 Security Features
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Microsoft Windows 2003 integrates smart card capabilities in the Operating System. The Microsoft Windows 2003
operating system includes a native Public Key Infrastructure (with its own Certificate Server) and introduces smart
card authentication as an alternative to passwords to achieve strong network authentication.
The primary components of the Windows PKI are:
Certificate Services
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, a core operating system service that allows businesses to act as their own CA and
issue and manage digital certificates;
Active Directoy
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, a core operating system service that provides a single place to find network resources; it
serves as the publication service in the PKI;
pKi-enabled applications
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like Internet Explorer®, Outlook® and Outlook Express®.
Windows 2003 offers secure e-mail, secure web access (client authentication) and secure logon. Refer to the
application User Guide for how to use your Internet (mail) application for secure e-mail and web access.
This manual describes how to obtain a certificate and how to log on to Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows
2003 with your HID Crescendo smart card.
In order to use your HID Crescendo card for secure logon, you must use a smart card user or smart card logon
certificate, which can be obtained from the Microsoft Certificate Server.
Chapter
describes how to set up Microsoft Certificate Services.
describes how to enroll a smart card user.
describes how the secure logon procedure works for Windows 2000 / XP / 2003.
note: The description of setting up Microsoft Certificate Services in this guide is meant as guidance only. For a
complete description of setting up Microsoft Certificate Services, please refer to the Technical Resources for Windows