Certificates Overview (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)
1/6/2010
This topic lists the modules and components that make up the Certificate Services feature, and the Sysgen variables that enable them.
OS Design Information
The following table shows operating system design information for Certificates.
| Element | Information |
|---|---|
Dependencies |
None. |
Hardware considerations |
None. |
Modules and Components
The following table shows the components and modules that implement Certificates Services.
| Feature | Module | Component |
|---|---|---|
Certificates (CryptoAPI 2.0) |
None |
Certificates Services Implementation Considerations
The following table shows the Sysgen variables that enable Certificates Services.
| Sysgen variable | Description |
|---|---|
SYSGEN_CERTS |
Certificates (CryptoAPI 2.0) provides superset of CryptoAPI 1.0 that manages X.509 digital certificates. |
SYSGEN_CRYPTMSG |
Includes support for Cryptography message APIs that work directly with PKCS #7 messages by encoding and decoding the PKCS #7 data, and also decrypt and verify the signatures of received messages. |
SYSGEN_CERTS_PFX |
Includes the Personal Information Exchange (PFX) functionality which will enable exporting and importing certificates with their associated private keys. The certificates and encrypted private keys are represented in the PKCS#12 format. |
SYSGEN_ENROLL |
Includes the Microsoft Certificate Enrollment Tool Sample in the run-time image This code sample illustrates the client role for certificate enrollment. The sample is used to obtain a certificate for a Windows Embedded CE device from a Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 with Web enrollment support installed. |
See Also
Reference
Certificates Registry Settings