Services Utility: Certificate Services Service
| Display Name (?): | Certificate Services | ||||||||||||||
| Short Name (?): | CertSvc | ||||||||||||||
| Executable (?): | certsrv.exe | ||||||||||||||
| Library (?): | None. | ||||||||||||||
| Depends On (?): | None. | ||||||||||||||
| Supports (?): | None. | ||||||||||||||
| Description (?): | Creates, manages, and removes X.509 certificates for applications such as S/MIME and SSL. If this service is stopped, certificates will not be created. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start. | ||||||||||||||
| OS (?): | 2000 Server, Server 2003, Vista Server | ||||||||||||||
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Explanation (?): | The certificate services service is used in creating, managing and removing x.509 certificates. This service is only required on a server that is trying to use certificate authenticated features such as secure/multipurpose Internet mail extensions (S/MIME) and the secure sockets layer (SSL) for such things as the secure HTTP protcol. To manage these certificates this service must be started and a 3rd party must sign (authorize) them for them to operate correctly. This service is best left running on a server unless you know you will not need it. |