I'm developing a free, open-source certificate authority for use on local networks. It can automatically renew web-server certificates. Since ACME's account-management requirements seem excessive for this environment, I…
I'm developing a free, open-source Certificate Authority for use on local networks. It can automatically renew web-server certificates. Since it is designed for internal environments, I created a…
I'm trying to install an automatically renewed SSL certificate on a Windows Server 2022 IIS server. I downloaded the IIS certificate files from the provider's renewal package, installed…
I recently created a website to meet a supplier's requirements for a secure HTTPS site. However, their contact receives NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID in two different browsers, while my hosting provider,…
I'm rebuilding several domain controllers in a messy environment and found an old Trusted Root CA certificate still being published to domain-joined servers and desktops. The certificate authority…
I'm having a hard time getting rid of some Certificate Authority components in Server 2025. I have two identical Dell servers running this OS, which host clustered VMs,…
I'm in the process of transitioning our internal hardware (like switches and routers) from a wildcard certificate to one from our internal ABC.Local CA. Over the years, we've…
I recently set up smart card logon for admins, but I've hit a roadblock since the certificates have expired. I know I can enable passwords again without issue,…
I'm working on setting up LDAPS for an application and need to use a certificate. We have a Microsoft two-tier Certificate Authority infrastructure, and I'm aware that the…
I'm curious about the actual usefulness of Secure Email (S/MIME) Certificates. I understand the technical aspects: the email sender signs their messages using a private key, while the…
Hey everyone, I'm looking to upgrade our Certificate Authority (CA) from Windows Server 2012R2, and I'm a bit lost since I wasn't part of the original setup over…
This morning, I tried to log into my credit union account and got a weird error message: net::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID. It also said, "You cannot visit this site right now…
Hey everyone, I'm looking to upgrade our root certificate authority from Windows Server 2012R2 to 2022. To be honest, my experience with certificate authorities is pretty limited—it's mostly…
I have a question about HTTPS and the role of Certificate Authorities (CAs). I know that HTTPS encrypts the traffic between the client and the server, but I'm…