Deployment Notes; Server Support - Red Hat CERTIFICATE SYSTEM 7.2 - RELEASE NOTES Release Note

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Release Notes

NOTE

The Red Hat Directory Server can be installed on a separate machine, which is the re-

commended scenario for most production deployments.

Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 creates and removes instances of CA, DRM, OCSP, TKS, and TPS

through command-line utilities called pkicreate and pkiremove. The pkicreate utility allows an

instance to be placed anywhere on the operating system, including a data partition that may be RAID-

enabled. This allows true separation of unique Red Hat Certificate System data from shared Red Hat

Certificate System libraries, executables, and jars, thus providing a better means of maintaining the

security and integrity of a user's valuable data. Furthermore, a Red Hat Certificate System instance

may only be removed by running pkiremove; removing the core Red Hat Certificate System services

have no effect on any Red Hat Certificate System instances installed on a given system.

The Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 server product is now available for 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise

Linux 4 (AMD64 and Intel EM64T) platforms, as well as 32-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (i386).

Red Hat Enterprise Security Client 1.0 is now available on Apple Macintosh OS X 10.4.x (Tiger), as

well as Microsoft Windows XP Professional and 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The

TokenD implementation in the new Enterprise Security Client allows use of Red Hat Certificate System

smart card technology to be integrated with Apple applications such as the Safari Web browser and

Apple Mail.

The Red Hat Enterprise Security Client GUI has been completely revamped and standardized across

all platforms. Enhanced diagnostic information has been added to the UI. New Phone Home configur-

ation streamlines the communication between the TPS and Enterprise Security Client and simplifies

the initial Enterprise Security Client configuration.

3. Deployment Notes

This section contains information related to installing Red Hat Certificate System 7.2, including hard-

ware and platform requirements and prerequisites.

The Certificate System subsystems are supported on the following platforms:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 for i386

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4 for i386

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T

• 64-bit Solaris 9 for SPARC

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