7.5. Design Factors

As I discussed earlier in this book, these are some of the major factors that play into your design decision:

  • Organizational requirements

  • Software requirements

  • User requirements

  • Business requirements

Only you, the administrator, can make these decisions (or perhaps you and several other people tasked with the duty). But the point is that all of these factors have to go into making the decision, and it can't be taken lightly. Usually, the decision of how to implement a CA structure is labored over for several weeks. Think about it. In the modern day, even jump drives can be issued certificates. Just think about how many keys there can be floating around if there are 10,000 of those devices in your enterprise!

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