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Overview of Certificate Management System
other aspects of the PKI. This guide describes the tasks that agents can perform.
End entities access Registration Manager or Certificate Manager subsystems to
enroll in a PKI and to take part in other life-cycle management operations, such as
renewal or revocation.
Figure 1-1 shows the ports used by administrators, agents, and end entities. All
agent and administrator interactions with CMS subsystems occur over HTTPS.
End-entity interactions can take place over HTTP or HTTPS.
Figure 1-1
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Certificate Management System and its users