WN25-PK-000010 - Windows Server 2025 must have the DoW Root Certificate Authority (CA) certificates installed in the Trusted Root Store.

Information

To ensure secure DoW websites and DoW-signed code are properly validated, the system must trust the DoW Root CAs. The DoW root certificates will ensure that the trust chain is established for server certificates issued from the DoW CAs.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000066-GPOS-00034, SRG-OS-000403-GPOS-00182, SRG-OS-000775-GPOS-00230

Solution

Install valid and unexpired DoW Root CA certificates.

DOD Root CA 3
DOD Root CA 5
DOD Root CA 6

The InstallRoot tool is available on Cyber Exchange at https://cyber.mil/pki-pke/tools-configuration-files. Certificate bundles published by the PKI can be found at https://crl.gds.disa.mil/.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_Server_2025_V1R3_STIG.zip