Posts by Mike Cooper
Linux Certificate Auto Enrollment With Microsoft CA
Learn About Linux Certificate Auto Enrollment With Microsoft Certificate Authority There is no free Linux “client” which provides Auto Enrollment of X.509 certificates or integrates with the Microsoft PKI like the Auto Enrollment built into Microsoft Windows. However, there are commercial options which provide very similar abilities, one in particular which is actually easy…
Read MoreAutomating X.509 Certificate Application Integration with CertAccord Certificate Appliers
Learn how to Automate Integration of Applications with SSL/TLS Certificates from Microsoft PKI Automatically creating and renewing X.509 certificates on Linux, Mac, and Windows from Microsoft ADCS PKI is simple and quick when using CertAccord© Enterprise. You can take that a step further and automatically integrate certificates with the applications that use them using Certificate…
Read MoreCertAccord Enterprise 7.0
CertAccord™ Enterprise 7.0 Features Improved Machine Identity Certificate Provisioning CertAccord Enterprise 7.0 by Revocent, Inc. provides improved automated deployments of X.509 Machine Identity Certificates between Microsoft ADCS PKI and Linux/Mac endpoints. Additionally this release features deeper integration with Microsoft ADCS with the support of certificate revocation and numerous improvements to the CertAccord Enterprise Management Console…
Read MoreHow To Configure CertAccord When IP/DNS Is Not Accurate
CertAccord© Enterprise provides automated X509 Certificate Lifecycle Management between PKI platforms like Microsoft ADCS and endpoints running Linux, MacOS, and Windows. The typical CertAccord setup uses DNS to identify endpoints with the CertAccord Enterprise Agent. The DNS information is used to establish the trusted hostname of an endpoint in order to create its product certificate…
Read MoreRevocent Founder Mike Cooper Talks About CertAccord’s Origin
Revocent Founder Mike Cooper was a special guest on The PKI Guy’s Office Hours where he discussed how our CertAccord Enterprise product was thought up. We use the term “special” because Mike doesn’t appear in the show until about 35min in. Saving the best for last? 🙂 View Office Hours Talk
Read MoreMoving past the madness of manually updated X.509 certificates
Many organizations rely on Microsoft ADCS for their PKI, but often use manual processes to provide service to all their platforms. Read more about this “madness” in our guest blog post on Help Net Security.
Read MoreOvercoming the Challenge of Shorter Certificate Lifespans
In August 2019, Google introduced CA/Browser (CA/B) Forum Ballot SC22 to reduce Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate validity periods to one year. After much discussion and thousands of comments — mostly in opposition — the ballot failed and certificate maximum lifetimes remained at two years. Or so we thought. Even though shorter certificates enhance ecosystem…
Read MoreJoin our Tech Talk with Futurex – Learn how to unify certificate management
With a combination of Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS) and Revocent CertAccord Enterprise you can automate certificate provisioning and renewal across your entire network. Now in a Tech Talk on Wednesday Sept. 16 you can learn how to take this a step further by taking advantage of a FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated platform…
Read MoreVideo: CertAccord Enterprise Management Console Demo v6.0
CertAccord Enterprise Management Console Demo v6.0 This demonstration covers the CertAccord Enterprise Management Console. CertAccord Enterprise allows you to quickly and easily create X.509 digital certificates on Linux, Mac, Unix, and Windows from Microsoft ADCS. This fully automated solution allows you to create managed certificates in seconds with automatic renewals! There’s no web forms, no…
Read MoreCertAccord™ Enterprise 6.0
CertAccord™ Enterprise 6.0 Features Modernized Management Console UI With the release of CertAccord™ Enterprise 6.0 from Revocent, managing certificates and policies, registering devices or changing settings just became easier and more intuitive via the browser-based CertAccord Management Console. The latest release, available now for download by registered customers, features an extensively revamped and updated Management…
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