[c-nsp] CA Server vs Key Server (GetVPN)

David Barak thegameiam at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 11 13:47:13 EST 2012


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 From: henrry huaman <henry.huaman at yahoo.es>


>Hi Guys:

>Please, Could you help us with the diference between these devices?

>Currently we are testing GetVPN, but we don´t have CA Server; and we need to know if is necesary 
>CA Server or the Key Server could replace the functionality of this.


Certificates are orthogonal to the KS functionality of GDOI (GetVPN), but you need 
the KS to be on-line, while generally you'll want an off-line CA, so 
you're probably better keeping those separate.  I've had great success 
with GDOI.

 David Barak
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