Microsoft Certificate Authority Is Required to Perform Inter-Site SMTP Based Active Directory Replication

ID: Q222962

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

SUMMARY

To use Simple Mail Transfer Protocol-based (SMTP-based) inter-site Active Directory replication, a Microsoft Certificate Authority must be used. An Enterprise Certificate Authority is the designed mechanism.

MORE INFORMATION

SMTP-based Active Directory replication uses Public Key encryption and certificates to authenticate and provide for digital signature during the replication process.

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Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo