Since HHS is a federal agency, you should be using the Federal Bridge Certification Authority (FBCA) to connect to other Federal Agencies. Currently, use of the FBCA requires certain proprietary APIs to do certificate validation. Here is a link to more information about the Federal bridge: http://csrc.nist.gov/pki/fbca/welcome.html
================================ Russell W. Chung 800.419.8726 +1/818.957.4925 fax: +1/818.951.5761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/04/2003 11:48:15 AM: > I have a few questions here that I'd like to put out there. Now, > mind you. I'm not an expert in this field. That's why I'm turning > to the people on this list for advice. With that said. > > -Since we have a requirement for secure messaging over the internet > with other government agencies. We would have to get a third party > CA to accomplish this. The other agencies that we would want to > communicate with also would have to go through a third party as well > to obtain a CA so we can transmit messages securely between one another? > > -Also, since we also have a requirement for us to have secure > messaging internally. We already have a root CA in place within our > organization. Setting up S/MIME internally isn't that hard. But if > we already have this root CA in place and we needed to obtain a > third party CA. How would we implement this third party CA into our > already existing root CA? I'm sure if there is a way to do this. > Are there any docs that describe how to accomplish this feat? > > Thank you, > > _________________ > John Bowles > Exchange Engineer > OIG/HHS > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Hlabse > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:05 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: S/MIME > > > which client will be signing the message? Also which version of Exchange > > > From: "Bowles, John (OIG/OMP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: S/MIME > Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:39:45 -0500 > > All, > > I'm trying to setup S/MIME since we all of a sudden require message security > within our organization. I'm trying to get an understanding on how this > works in the real world. I've setup a test lab here at work. But that can > only help me understand how to get things done internally. I'm looking at a > braoder scope of allowing our messages to be secure while passing over the > internet to other corporations etc. Can someone point me in the direction > on what I need to read to understand this a little bit better I'd really > appreciate it. > > Also, if anyone wants to contact me offline. I have a few questions that > I'd like answered if you have time. > > TIA, > > _________________ > John Bowles > Exchange Engineer > OIG/HHS > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl? > enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don't worry if your Inbox will max out while you are enjoying the holidays. > Get MSN Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl? > enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl? > enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
