Cross-certificates are used to establish trust between separate certification hierarchies, such as in separate networks or portions of a network. In these cases, cross-certificates are typically configured to:

The Cross-Certificates tab can be used to add cross-certificate download locations.

When cross-certificates are used, the information on the Cross-Certificates tab describes which of these types of restrictions, if any, have been applied.

Cross-certificates can be used in both intranet and extranet environments.

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