Cryptography: Learn Public Key Infrastructure from Scratch

Description

This video course will show you find out how Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) works on websites and help you understand the significance of digital certificates in securing communication between two entities such as a client and a web server. You'll also gain the knowledge and skills needed to deploy and manage two-tier PKI on Windows Servers to support applications that require certificate-based security. The video course begins with an introduction to PKI, taking you through the components and uses of PKI and digital certificates. Next, you'll find out how cryptography secures the transmission of online data by using encryption methods and algorithms. Moving ahead, you'll delve into interesting activities to learn about certification authority (CA), certificate requests, and certificate services. You'll also learn how to configure Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES), Certificate Enrollment Service (CES), and Certificate Enrollment Policy (CEP). The course ends with a bonus topic that introduces you to the process of migrating hashing algorithms from SHA1 to SHA2 on Windows Server 2016. By the end of this course, you'll have developed the skills needed to deploy and configure PKI on Windows Servers. All the supporting files for this course are available on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Cryptography-Learn-Public-Key-Infrastructure-from-Scratch

What You Will Learn

Install, configure, and manage two-tier PKI on Windows Server 2012 R2
Understand how encryption and decryption work together
Find out how SSL certificates are used to secure websites
Configure CDP/CIA extensions and OCSP servers
Discover how standalone machines request certificates using NDES and CEP/CES
Migrate hashing algorithms from SHA1 to SHA2 (SHA256) on two-tier PKI

Audience

This video course is for beginners, IT professionals, and cybersecurity experts who want to deploy and manage PKI on Windows Servers. A basic understanding of Windows Servers and networking?is recommended to get started with this course.

Approach

Using simple explanations, examples, and activities, this video course gives you a detailed understanding of cryptography.

Key Features

Understand the configuration of certification services in the Microsoft environment * Become familiar with encryption and decryption algorithms * Discover how cryptographic protocols secure communication over a network

Github Repo

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Cryptography-Learn-Public-Key-Infrastructure-from-Scratch

About the Author

Himanshu Rana

Himanshu Rana is a consultant, and his primary focus is on Windows Active Directory, PKI, ADFS, and Microsoft Azure. He has been in this industry for over 11 years and has worked on a variety of projects for various clients. He has been employed as a corporate trainer in one of the best offshore training companies and delivered corporate training on various Microsoft certifications to students all over the globe. Being a Microsoft Certified Trainer, he still follows his passion for teaching.

Course Outline

1. Introduction

2. Overview of Public Key Infrastructure

3. Overview of Cryptography

4. Certification Authority or CA

5. Certificate Request or Enrollment Methods

6. Configuring CA Properties

7. New Roles in Certificate Services

8. Migrating Hashing Algorithm from SHA1 to SHA2 on Windows Server 2016 CA