Chapter 10 Authentication; Enrollment Overview - Red Hat CERTIFICATE SYSTEM 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

This chapter discusses the authentication methods available in Red Hat Certificate System
(CS) during the enrollment of end entities, and details how to set up those authentication
methods.
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Enrollment Overview

The process of enrolling end-entities involves the end entity submitting a request (or an
agent submitting the request for the end entity), authenticating the end-entity, and verifying
the request.
CS provides four enrollment methods:
Enrollment Overview
Dual-Key Pairs
Agent-Approved Enrollment
Automated Enrollment
Agent Initiated End User Enrollment
Certificate-Based Enrollment
Issuing and Managing Server Certificates
CEP Enrollment
Testing Your Enrollment Setup
Managing Authentication Plug-ins
Generating Files Required By Third-Party Object Signing Tools
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