Netscape NETSCAPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 4.5, Installation And Setup Manual

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Chapter 2
Certificate Enrollment and Life-Cycle
Management
This chapter explains how you can use Netscape Certificate Management System
(CMS) for issuing certificates to end entities such as we browsers, servers, routers,
and so on.
The chapter has the following sections:
• Steps in End-Entity Enrollment (page 81)
• Some Enrollment Scenarios (page 84)
• End Entities and Life-Cycle Management (page 98)
This chapter assumes that you’ve read the previous chapter, Chapter 1,
“Introduction to Certificate Management System.”
Steps in End-Entity Enrollment
The following steps take place when a Registration Manager or a Certificate
Manager handles an enrollment request from an end user. Figure 2-1 shows a
simplified view of how this works.
1.
Submit form. When the user first interacts with the CMS manager (either the
Registration Manager or the Certificate Manager), the user specifies the kind of
request to be made, fills in the form for that request, and submits it to the
servlet via HTTP or HTTPS. The servlet then processes the form. In the figure,
a certificate request is being sent to an enrollment servlet. It could also be a
renewal or revocation request being sent to one of the other servlets.