Details of the event with ID 68 of the source Microsoft-Windows-CertificationAuthority

Author Uwe Gradenegger Posted on Categories Certification Authority, Events Tags Event Viewer
Event Source:Microsoft-Windows-CertificationAuthority
Event ID:68 (0x44)
Event log:Application
Event type:Information
Event text (English):Active Directory Certificate Services successfully published Base CRL(s).
Event text (German):Die Basis-Zertifikatsperrlisten wurden veröffentlicht.

Example events

Active Directory Certificate Services successfully published Base CRL(s).

Description

Do you know TameMyCerts? TameMyCerts is an add-on for the Microsoft certification authority (Active Directory Certificate Services). It extends the function of the certification authority and enables the application of rule sets to realize the secure automation of certificate issuance. TameMyCerts is unique in the Microsoft ecosystem, has already proven itself in countless companies around the world and is available under a free license. It can be downloaded via GitHub and used free of charge. Professional maintenance is also offered.

Occurs when a CRL is published,

  • if no LDAP CRL distribution points are configured on the certification authority for publishing the CRL.
  • if no delta CRLs are configured, or
  • when a base CRL is published.

See also the events with IDs 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 .

The event occurs only when the logging level has been set to 4 (CERTLOG_VERBOSE) or higher for the event log of the relevant certification authority.

Security assessment

The security assessment is based on the three dimensions of confidentiality, integrity and availability.

No description has been written for this yet.

Microsoft's rating

Microsoft evaluates this event in the Securing Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Whitepaper with a severity score of "Low".

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