Creating an image from an ISO file
If you have been an MSDN, TechNet, or Action Pack subscriber in the past, you probably remember the binders full of discs that Microsoft used to ship. Read more »
Certificate enrollment: Creating a certificate signing request by using CertEnroll
Having covered the basics of certificate enrollment and relevant Windows APIs in previous posts, this post will look at how you can programmatically create a certificate signing requests by using the Certificate Enrollment API (CertEnroll). Read more »
Certificate enrollment: Crypto API, CNG, and other Windows APIs
One thing certreq and the Certificate Manager MMC snap-in have in common is that they rely heavily on Windows’ built-in APIs for managing certificates, encryption, and keys. This post takes a deeper look at which APIs Windows provides for cryptography, key management, certificate management, and certificate enrollment. Read more »
Certificate enrollment: Manually creating a certificate signing request
In the last post, we looked at how certificates, private keys, and certificate signing requests relate to another. In this post, we’ll look at three common ways to create a certificate signing request (CSR) which can then be submitted to a certificate authority (CA) for signing. Read more »
Certificate enrollment: Concepts
Many of the protocols we use every day rely on certificates. The process to request and obtain a new certificate from a CA is called certificate enrollment. This post explains the basic concepts behind certificate enrollment. Read more »
Authenticating users in tools or desktop apps
If your plan is to develop a tool or desktop app instead of a server-side application, the benefits of application default credentials are less obvious and reusing the user’s personal gcloud credentials instead might seem attractive. But there are some pitfalls. Read more »
Application default credentials vs your personal gcloud credentials
gcloud manages two sets of credentials, your personal credentials and application default credentials. Having two separate credentials might seem redundant and can cause surprises the first time you use one of the Google Cloud client libraries. But the two credentials serve different purposes. Read more »
Installing Remote Desktop Connection Manager as limited user
Installing the Remote Desktop Connection Manager requires administrator privileges. That can be a problem in a corporate environment where you might not have local administrator rights. Fortunately, there is an easy way to overcome this limitation by performing an administrative installation. Read more »