Self Signed Certificate for Exchange 2013

 
What's the draw back for using self sign certificate in production enviroment

Hi,
Based on my research, here are the disadvantages of self-signed certificate:
1. The certificates aren’t trusted by other applications/operating systems. This may lead to authentications errors etc.
Note: To overcome this limitation, some IT staff add the self-signed certificates to the Trusted Roots Certificate Authorities. However, using this workaround may to additional time that needed for management and troubleshooting.
2. Self-signed certificates life time is usually 1 years. Before the year is ended, the certificate may need to renew/replace.
3. Self-signed certificates may use low hash and cipher technologies. Due this, the security level that implemented by self-signed certificates may not satisfy the current Security Policy etc. .
4. No support for advanced PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) functions (e.g. Online checking of the revocation list etc.).
5. Most of the advanced feathers of the server side applications required to impended a PKI (Public Key Infrastructure). By this, self-signed certificates advantages cant be used.
For more information, you can refer to the following article:
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/yuval14/2011/09/23/the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-using-self-signed-certificates/
Thanks,
Angela Shi
TechNet Community Support

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