Working side-by-side with members of Microsoft’s Windows 2000 desktop security development team, Baltimore has raised the bar by becoming the first third party PKI to fully integrate with Windows 2000, supporting all Windows 2000 desktop security features without the use of any additional client software. Customers around the world can now easily architect a secure enterprise infrastructure in a Windows 2000 environment using Baltimore’s digital certificates to authenticate users.
Baltimore Technologies has been able to develop a Windows-based 2000 security infrastructure that is able to leverage the security benefits of PKI-enabled applications provided as part of the Windows 2000 client and server, said Jackson Shaw, product manager for Windows 2000 at Microsoft Corp. With the millions of copies of Windows 2000 shipped to customers, we feel that this solution is the ideal way for users to transparently use a third-party CA without having to replace any Windows 2000 software. Microsoft and Baltimore security specialists have worked together consistently and systematically to ensure the Windows 2000 and UniCERT linkage is sound. Microsoft has actively participated in the UniCERT integration with Windows 2000 and endorses the resulting Baltimore SolutionsPlus for Windows 2000 solution.
