The Certificates Snap-in

The Certification Authority snap-in is for managing CAs, not the certificates they issue. A corresponding snap-in is intended just for managing certificates—the Certificates snap-in. Clients on your network can manage their own certificates by using the Certificates button on the Content tab of Microsoft Internet Explorer’s Internet Options dialog box; it does most of what the snap-in can do without requiring that you give your users access to the snap-in.

The basic functions of the Certificates snap-in (along with its installation requirements) are discussed in Chapter 21. However, the behavior and functionality of the Certificates snap-in change slightly when you use it in a domain that has an enterprise or stand-alone ...

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