Netscape Certificate Management System 6.1, Administrator'S Manual

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Installing a Standalone Data Recovery Manager
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This action copies the certificate request to the clipboard. In addition to
the copy on the clipboard, the screen informs you that the certificate
request has been saved to a file. You can use either the copy on the
clipboard or the copy in the file to transfer your request to the CA that
will issue the Data Recovery Manager’s transport certificate.
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Submit your certificate request to a third-party CA, following the
instructions provided by that CA.
Click Next when you are ready to proceed.
14.
Data Recovery Manager Transport Certificate Installation. Depending on
whether you have the certificate ready for pasting into the Installation Wizard
screen, click Yes or No.
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If you have submitted your request to a third-party CA or to a remote
Certificate Manager for which you do not have agent privileges, you may
have to wait days or weeks before you receive the certificate. In this case,
you should click No, continue as far as you can with the configuration, and
resume after you receive the certificate. The default is No.
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Select Yes, only if you have the certificate ready in its base-64 encoded
format.
Click Next to continue.
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If you selected Yes, the “Location of Certificate” screen appears (Step 15).
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If you selected No, you will be presented with the “Storage Key Creation
for Data Recovery Manager” screen (Step 18).
15.
Location of Certificate.
Specify the location of the certificate. You can use any
of these options:
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If you copied the encoded certificate to a file, select the “The certificate is
located in this file” option and then type the file path, including the
filename, in the text field.
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If you copied the certificate to the clipboard, select the “The certificate is
located in the text area below” option and then paste in a base-64 encoded
certificate (including the header and footer) in the text area provided.
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If you noted the request ID of your request and know the host name and
end-entity port number of the remote Certificate Manager that issued the
certificate, select the “The certificate is at the CMS server where the request
was sent” option and then specify the required details.
Click Next to continue.