Re: Microsoft Certificate Services

From: David Cross [MS] (dcross_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/29/03 

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 05:41:09 -0700

1. The containers are all created under
%appdata%\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\<your SID value> and no you cannot create a
key with your own path.

2. DPAPI (password protection on a key) can only be set at key generation
time or key import time. To change, you must export and then import again. 

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"Parvathy" <sriparvathy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9368bd3a.0304290334.71fc6227@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
> 1>  I wanted to request a certificate using the Microsoft Certificate
> Services web page. Under the Advanced Certificate Request --> Key
> options, i can specify a container name for creating a new key set.
> Here, i want to know as to where the container name is set? If i
> specify the container name as c:\xxx\key1.key, does this get created
> in the local machine?
>
> 2> How do i change the password set for the private key? Actually when
> does the password prompt for private key appears?
>
>
> Thanx in advance
> Parvathy

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