Table Of Contents - Red Hat CERTIFICATE SYSTEM 8.0 - ADMINISTRATION Admin Manual

About This Guide
1. Recommended Concepts ............................................................................................... xv
2. What Is in This Guide .................................................................................................... xv
3. Supported Platforms, Hardware, and Programs .............................................................. xvi
3.1. Supported Platforms ........................................................................................... xvi
3.2. Supported Web Browsers ................................................................................... xvi
3.3. Supported Smart Cards ..................................................................................... xvii
3.4. Supported HSM ................................................................................................ xvii
3.5. Supported Charactersets ................................................................................... xvii
4. Examples and Formatting ............................................................................................ xviii
4.1. Formatting for Examples and Commands ........................................................... xviii
4.2. Tool Locations .................................................................................................. xviii
4.3. Guide Formatting .............................................................................................. xviii
5. Additional Reading ........................................................................................................ xix
6. Giving Feedback ........................................................................................................... xx
7. Document History ......................................................................................................... xxi
1. Overview of Red Hat Certificate System Subsystems
1.1. How Certificates Are Used ............................................................................................ 1
1.1.1. Uses for Certificates .......................................................................................... 1
1.1.2. Types of Certificates .......................................................................................... 3
1.2. A Review of Certificate System Subsystems .................................................................. 5
1.2.1. Certificate Manager ........................................................................................... 6
1.2.2. Registration Authority ......................................................................................... 7
1.2.3. Data Recovery Manager .................................................................................... 7
1.2.4. Online Certificate Status Manager ...................................................................... 7
1.2.5. Token Processing System .................................................................................. 7
1.2.6. Token Key Service ............................................................................................ 8
1.2.7. Enterprise Security Client ................................................................................... 8
1.3. A Look at Managing Certificates ................................................................................... 8
1.4. A Look at the Token Management System ................................................................... 11
1.5. Red Hat Certificate System Services ........................................................................... 13
1.5.1. Interfaces for Administrators ............................................................................. 13
1.5.2. Agent Interfaces .............................................................................................. 16
1.5.3. End User Pages .............................................................................................. 17
1.5.4. Enterprise Security Client ................................................................................. 18
I. Setting up Certificate Services
2. Making Rules for Issuing Certificates
2.1. About Certificate Profiles .................................................................................... 23
2.1.1. The Profile .............................................................................................. 23
2.1.2. Certificate Extensions: Defaults and Constraints ........................................ 25
2.1.3. Inputs and Outputs .................................................................................. 26
2.2. Setting up Certificate Profiles .............................................................................. 26
2.2.1. Creating Certificate Profiles through the CA Console .................................. 27
2.2.2. Editing Certificate Profiles in the Console .................................................. 35
2.2.3. Creating and Editing Certificate Profiles through the Command Line ............ 36
2.2.4. Defining Key Defaults in Profiles ............................................................... 39
2.2.5. Configuring Cross-Pair Profiles ................................................................. 39
2.2.6. List of Certificate Profiles ......................................................................... 41
2.3. Configuring Custom Enrollment Profiles to Use with an RA ................................... 48
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