Creating A Certificate to attach in outlook

[Vinod]

Hi All,
I would like to use a outlook profile to send a certificate with encryption
since all the mail send from this profile is confidential. I am not sure how
to create the certificate for this, i do not want to use third party
certificate , only to use Microsoft Certificate.
I do have an internal certificate server, but i am not sure how to go ahead
with creation & then attaching the certificate to the outlook profile & then
testing the mail.
Any help on this would be appreciated.
Thanks
V

 

[VanguardLH]

Hi All,
I would like to use a outlook profile to send a certificate with encryption
since all the mail send from this profile is confidential. I am not sure how
to create the certificate for this, i do not want to use third party
certificate , only to use Microsoft Certificate.
I do have an internal certificate server, but i am not sure how to go ahead
with creation & then attaching the certificate to the outlook profile & then
testing the mail.
Any help on this would be appreciated.
Thanks
V

You don't get to use a Microsoft certificate. You have to get one of
your own. Thawte (now owned by Verisign) is still free for e-mail
certs. However, you don't send using your cert to encrypt your e-mails.
You use the public key of whomever you are sending your e-mails. That
is, you must obtain the recipient's public key for their cert so you can
use it to encrypt your e-mails which then only the recipient can decrypt
using their private key for their cert which only they have. You
encrypt by invite: the recipient sends you a digitally signed e-mail
*if* they want to receive encrypted e-mails. You don't get to encrypt
your e-mails that you send to them unless they want you to. Any e-mail
cert you install for Outlook will be the public key you give to others
for them to encrypt their e-mails that they send to you, and then you
decrypt your inbound encrypted emails using your private key.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Try reposting to a group for the Windows Server version that you are using
for a certificate server. They will be able to help you through the process
to create a certificate Once the certificate is created, you can import it
into Outlook using the Security tab->certificate option.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Vinod asked:

| Hi All,
| I would like to use a outlook profile to send a certificate with
| encryption since all the mail send from this profile is confidential.
| I am not sure how to create the certificate for this, i do not want
| to use third party certificate , only to use Microsoft Certificate.
| I do have an internal certificate server, but i am not sure how to go
| ahead with creation & then attaching the certificate to the outlook
| profile & then testing the mail.
| Any help on this would be appreciated.
| Thanks
| V