Deploy a Certificate Infrastructure

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

If you plan to use EAP-TLS as your authentication protocol for user-level authentication on a dial-up, PPTP VPN, or L2TP/IPSec VPN connection, or if you plan to use L2TP/IPSec with computer certificates for your VPN connection, or if you plan to do both, you must have a certificate infrastructure in place in your network.

For information about creating a certificate infrastructure, see Certificate Services in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003, and see "Designing a Public Key Infrastructure" in Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services of this kit.