2.1.2.1 Certificate Authority

The certificate authority is the core component of the Certificate Services System. The CA implements the Windows Client Certificate Enrollment Protocol (WCCE), the ICertPassage Remote Protocol (ICPR), and the Certificate Services Remote Administration Protocol (CSRA) to enable certificate enrollment and CA administration. It also makes use of policy and exit algorithms to facilitate the more complex enrollment processes.

This section describes the interfaces and modes of the CA.