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Identifying a CA to Online Certificate Status Manager
To see the list of Certificate Managers:
Open a web browser window.
1.
Go to the Online Certificate Status Manager's Agent interface. The URL is in
2.
this format: h
The Online Certificate Status Manager Agent Services interface appears.
In the left frame, click List Certificate Authorities.
3.
The resulting form should show information about the Certificate Managers
(CAs) that are recognized by the Online Certificate Status Manager.
Identifying a CA to Online Certificate Status
Manager
The Online Certificate Status Manager can be configured to receive CRLs from
multiple Certificate Managers. Before you configure a Certificate Manager to
publish CRLs to the Online Certificate Status Manager, you must identify the
Certificate Manager to the Online Certificate Status Manager. You do this by
storing the Certificate Manager's CA signing certificate in the internal database of
the Online Certificate Status Manager.
The steps below explain how to store the Certificate Manager's CA signing certificate
in the internal database of the Online Certificate Status Manager:
Open a web browser window.
1.
Go the Certificate Manager's end-entity interface. The URL is in
2.
h
Select the Retrieval tab, and in the left frame, click List Certificates.
3.
In the resulting form, click List.
4.
A list of certificates appear.
Locate the Certificate Manager's CA signing certificate by looking at the
5.
subject name of the certificate.
Typically, the CA signing certificate is the first certificate the Certificate
Manager issues.
Click Details.
6.
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