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SSL or Certificate Authority in Exch 2K

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by joycetm

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Hello,

I would like to know if anyone would be able to advise me on how to secure my Exchange 2000 communication. I understand there is an option of using CA in Windows 2000 -- how do I set this up?

Alternatively, what about SSL -- is there additional cost involved ie. hardware or some sort of subscription with a third party required?

Do I need to run anything on the clients?

Appreciate any feedback from anyone.

Thank you,
Joyce

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by duskos

Hi,
The subject is far too complex to give you straight answer, but I can point you to some resources.
You can find a lot of information on http://technet.microsoft.com
You may also buy any book that teaches for MCSA/MCSE certification on Implementing Win2k Network Infrastructure.
To secure communications between Exchange servers and between Exchange Server and Exchange Client (ie Outlook), you may use IPSec (if all your clients use Win2k Pro or WinXP Pro.
You would use SSL if you want to allow your users to access their e-mail securely with a web browser. For that to work you need a certificate which you would install on your web server. You may get commercial certificate (like Verisign or Thawte) or you may issue your own. To issue your own certificate, you need to install CA in Win2k.

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