Netscape NETSCAPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 4.5, Installation And Setup Manual

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Topology Decisions
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Figure 4-2
Certificate Manager
and Registration Manager in different instances
In many organizations, it may be desirable to deploy multiple Registration
Managers that all communicate with a single Certificate Manager. Each separate
Registration Manager, for example, might handle all end-entity interactions in a
particular geographic area or within an organizational group.
Decisions about the number of, locations of, and relationships among Certificate
Managers and Registration Managers depend on many factors. These include
firewall considerations, the physical security required for each subsystem, the
physical location of the end entities that the Registration Manager is intended to
serve, and the physical location of the Certificate Manager agent, Registration
Manager agent, and other persons responsible for administering the Certificate
Manager and Registration Manager.