Enterprise Root CA

• An enterprise root CA is the certificate server at the root of the hierarchy for a Windows domain.
  • It is the most trusted CA in the enterprise.
  • It is the top level CA in a certification hierarchy.
  • It requires access to Active Directory service.
  • It self signs its own certificate and uses Group Policy to publish that certificate to the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store of all servers and workstations in the domain.

• One must be a Domain Administrator or be an administrator with write access to Active Directory to install an enterprise root CA.

• Normally, an enterprise root CA does not directly provide resources for other certificates, but is the foundation for a certificate hierarchy.

What is an enterprise subordinate CA?

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