Comparing IIS 5.0 Certificate Mapping and Native Windows 2000 Active Directory Certificate Mapping
ID: Q216906
|
The information in this article applies to:
-
Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0
SUMMARY
Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.0 allows
administrators to "map" a client authentication certificate to a
Windows 2000 user account. There are two possible ways to do this:
- IIS Certificate Mapping
- Native Windows 2000 Active Directory Mapping
IIS Certificate Mapping
IIS Certificate Mapping is the same mapping that is found in IIS
4.0 and is available for backward compatibility only. It has the
following attributes:
- You can set new rules on each virtual server.
- It handles one-to-one mapping (a certificate blob
equals one user account).
- It handles many-to-one mapping (a wildcard rule
maps to a user account).
- It does not scale as well as Active Directory
mapping.
- The administrator must enter the username and password of
the account logging on.
- By default, the account used must have the log on
locally privilege.
- The request may be delegated to another computer if the
account is configured for delegation.
Native Windows 2000 Active Directory Mapping
Active Directory Mapping is a new kind of client certificate
mapping available only in Windows 2000. It has the following
attributes:
- It scales very well.
- The administrator does not need to know the username or
password.
- The user account may not be delegated to another computer
even if the account is configured for delegation.
Note: The IIS certificate mapping that is included in IIS
5.0 is for backward compatibility only. This feature may be
removed in favor of the Active Directory mapping in a future
release of the Web services.
Additional query words:
Keywords :
Version : winnt:5.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo