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What impact does importing a root certificate into the "Untrusted Certificates" store have on the certification authority?

The following describes the effects on certification authority operation when a root certificate that issued one of the certification authority certificates of a certification authority is imported into the Untrusted Certificates store on the certification authority.

This case may occur as planned, for example, when a previous certification authority hierarchy is to be decommissioned.

Queries against the certificate authority database fail with error message "0x80070005 (WIN32: 5 ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED)".

Assume the following scenario:

One runs a query against the certification authority database.
The query fails with the following error message:

CertUtil: -view command FAILED: 0x80070005 (WIN32: 5 ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED)

Export archived private keys from the certification authority database

If private key archiving has been enabled, it may be necessary to export these keys from the certificate authority database and convert them to another format (PKCS#12, PFX), for example for long-term archiving.

Below is a description of the procedure for exporting individual or all archived keys and obtaining the necessary meta-information.

The certification authority service does not start and throws the error message "A certificate chain processed, but terminated in a root certificate which is not trusted by the trust provider. 0x800b0109 (-2146762487 CERT_E_UNTRUSTEDROOT)"

Assume the following scenario:

A certification authority is implemented in the network.
The certification authority service does not start.
When trying to start the Certification Authority service, you get the following error message:

A certificate chain processed, but terminated in a root certificate which is not trusted by the trust provider. 0x800b0109 (-2146762487 CERT_E_UNTRUSTEDROOT)

Putting an Active Directory integrated certification authority (Enterprise Certification Authority) into maintenance mode

If you want to perform maintenance work such as Migration to another server or perform more extensive configuration changes requiring a functional test on a certification authority, you want to ensure that the certification authority service is running, but at the same time prevent certificates from being automatically requested from and issued by the certification authority during this phase.

What impact does the revocation of a certification authority certificate have on the certification authority?

The following describes the impact on Certification Authority operations when one of the Certification Authority certificates of a Certification Authority is revoked.

This case may also occur as planned, for example, when a previous certification authority hierarchy is to be decommissioned.

What impact does incorrect revocation information of a certification authority certificate have on the certification authority?

The following describes the effects on certification authority operation if the revocation information for one of the certification authority's certificates cannot be retrieved.

This case may also occur as planned, for example, when a previous certification authority hierarchy is to be decommissioned.

What impact does the revocation of the trust status of a root certification authority certificate have on the certification authority?

The following describes the impact on certification authority operations if one of the root certification authority certificates from which one of the certification authority certificates is derived has its trust status revoked, or never had it.

This case may also occur as planned, for example, when a previous certification authority hierarchy is to be decommissioned.

The certification authority service does not start and throws the error message "The certificate is revoked. 0x80092010 (-2146885616 CRYPT_E_REVOKED)".

Assume the following scenario:

A certification authority is implemented in the network.
The certification authority service does not start.
When trying to start the Certification Authority service, you get the following error message:

The certificate is revoked. 0x80092010 (-2146885616 CRYPT_E_REVOKED)

The certification authority service does not start and throws the error message "A certificate chain could not be built to a trusted root authority. 0x800b010a (-2146762486 CERT_E_CHAINING)".

Assume the following scenario:

A certification authority is implemented in the network.
The certification authority service does not start.
When trying to start the Certification Authority service, you get the following error message:

A certificate chain could not be built to a trusted root authority. 0x800b010a (-2146762486 CERT_E_CHAINING)

The certification authority service does not start and throws the error message "The revocation function was unable to check revocation because the revocation server was offline. 0x80092013 (-2146885613 CRYPT_E_REVOCATION_OFFLINE)".

Assume the following scenario:

A certification authority is implemented in the network.
The certification authority service does not start.
When trying to start the Certification Authority service, you get the following error message:

The revocation function was unable to check revocation because the revocation server was offline. 0x80092013 (-2146885613 CRYPT_E_REVOCATION_OFFLINE)

Certificate request fails with error message "The certificate request could not be submitted to the certification authority. Error: The RPC server is unavailable. 0x800706ba (WIN32: 1722 RPC_S_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE)".

Assume the following scenario:

A user requests a certificate from an Active Directory integrated certification authority (Enterprise Certification Authority)
The certificate request fails with the following error message:

The certificate request could not be submitted to the certification authority. Error: The RPC server is unavailable. 0x800706ba (WIN32: 1722 RPC_S_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE)

Cryptography basics

The need for the use for cryptography can be summarized under the notion of ensuring secure communication in the presence of untrusted third parties. The goals of cryptography are:

To prevent data from falling into unauthorized hands (To ensure the confidentiality of data).
Find out if data has been modified during transport (Ensure the integrity of the data).
To clearly identify the source of the data (To ensure the authenticity of the data).
Additionally, users or computers can authenticate themselves using cryptography.

Editing the NTAuthCertificates object in Active Directory

In the default configuration, all certification authority certificates of Active Directory integrated certification authorities (Enterprise Certification Authority) are located in an object of type CertificationAuthority named NTAuthCertificates within the Configuration Partition of the Active Directory forest.

Publishing a certificate revocation list (CRL) fails with the error message "Insufficient access rights to perform the operation. 0x80072098 (WIN32: 8344 ERROR_DS_INSUFF_ACCESS_RIGHTS)".

Assume the following scenario:

An attempt is made to publish a new certificate revocation list (CRL) on a certification authority
The certificate authority is configured to publish the certificate revocation lists to Active Directory (LDAP CDP).
Publishing the certificate revocation list fails with the following error message:

Insufficient access rights to perform the operation. 0x80072098 (WIN32: 8344 ERROR_DS_INSUFF_ACCESS_RIGHTS)