Prerequisites
- YubiKey 4 and newer
- Active Directory account
- Windows domain-bound machine (necessary for Step 5)
- Logged in as the account that will appear on the certificate
- Yubikey Manager
- Download direct from Yubico: https://www.yubico.com/support/download/yubikey-manager/#h-downloads
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
Process
- Run the Yubikey Manager application and insert your key
- Click on Applications and then click on PIV
- Change PIN if Yubikey is fresh out of the box or it's been defaulted (skip to step 4 if Yubikey is already initialized)
- Click on Configure PINs
- Click Change PIN and then check Use default (if it is default).
Fill in the blanks.
Finish with changing PIN by clicking on Change PIN - Click on Change PUK and then check Use default (if it is default).
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Finish with changing PUK by clicking on Change PUK - Click on Change Management Key and then check Use default (if it is default).
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Finish with changing the key by clicking on Finish- You can check Protect with PIN to not need the Management Key for future
- You can check Protect with PIN to not need the Management Key for future
- Click on Configure PINs
- Go back to Applications and then PIV
- Click on Configure Certificates
- Click on Authentication and then Generate
- Check the radio for Certificate Signing Request and then click Next
- Select RSA2048 and then click on Next
- Input a decent subject text (ala username) and then click on Next
- The next page gives you a summary of what you've done. When you click Generate, it will open a save dialog to save the .csr file.
- Click on Configure Certificates
Request the Certificate from the Active Directory Certificate Authority
This Step Requires:
- Domain Bound Windows machine
- Logged in as user you are attempting to request cert for (you can leverage RDP with USB forwarding for this step)
Open PowerShell and navigate to where you saved the .csr filecd <directory where csr file is saved>
Run the following command to request a certificate from ADCS. You will need to click on RIT AD Signing CA (Kerberos) - itscaad01.ad.rit.edu when the popup appears.
certreq -submit -attrib "CertificateRequest:YubicoSC" <csr file> <crt file>
- Once .crt file is obtained successfully, go back to YubiKey Manager application
- If you closed the application, go to Applications > PIV > Configure Certificates > Authentication
- Click on Import
- A dialog box will pop up to select the .crt file from Step 5.
- Once the certificate is imported, you'll see the details populated in the application