Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.01 - AGENT GUIDE Manual page 37

SHA-1 with RSA generates a 160-bit message digest. Before choosing
SHA-1, make sure your applications support it. Netscape Navigator 3.0 (or
later) and Enterprise Server 2.01 (or later) support SHA-1. If your users
have previous versions of these applications, choose MD5 as the signature
algorithm, or upgrade your users to the most recent version of these
applications.
Before selecting an algorithm, check with your CMS administrator to make
sure that Certificate Management System has the algorithm enabled.
Review the unauthenticated request attributes. These attriubutes were
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submitted by the end entity with the enrollment request. Since these attributes
do not come from a trusted source (such as an authentication module in the
CMS server), they are "unauthenticated." Your site policies may or may not
require agents to review or validate any of these attributes.
Review the authenticated attributes. These attributes were generated in the
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CMS server by authentication or policy plug-in modules. They are considered
authenticated since they have been validated by or have originated in the CMS
server itself.
If the certificate request is for an SSL client certificate for a CMS manager or a
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CMS agent, you should indicate this in the last section, labeled Privileges.
If the request is for a CMS manager's certificate, select the checkbox labeled
"This certificate is for a Trusted Manager."
If the request is for a CMS agent's certificate, select the checkbox labeled
"This certificate is for a name of manager agent."
You must also type a user ID for the new manager or agent. This user ID can be
the same that you specified in the certificate request, or it can be some other ID
that you want to use to identify this agent or manager in the CMS window of
Netscape Console, such as
To approve the request and issue the certificate, open the drop-down menu at
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the bottom of the page, choose "Accept this request," then click Do It.
or .
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Handling Certificate Requests 37