how to issue certificates based on the content of certificate request

[Kristin Griffin]

In a past thread, an answer to a question was to issue certificates based on
the content of the certificate request,
rather than using certificate templates.

Can someone explain how this works?

Thanks, Kristin

 

[Brian Komar]

This would require that the certificate be submitted to either a standalone
CA or to a 3rd party CA. If you are using an enterprise CA, then you are
limited to requesting that the request be based on a specified certificate
template. Now you can provide the subject of the certificate in the request
(if the template allows this), and some settings can over-ride certificate
template settings (going with a longer key, shorter duration period,
different CSP), but not extension changes such as adding an application
policy
Brian

"Kristin Griffin" <kristin.l.griffin@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:uWZciH6XIHA.5784@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> In a past thread, an answer to a question was to issue certificates based
> on the content of the certificate request,
> rather than using certificate templates.
>
> Can someone explain how this works?
>
> Thanks, Kristin
>