Overview of Agent Interfaces
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Process Certificate Request Interface (page 155)
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Process DRM Request Interface (page 163)
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Process Request Interface (page 167)
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Recover Key By Serial Number Interface (page 169)
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Remove Certificate Hold Interface (page 172)
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Requests Query Interface (page 175)
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Select for Revocation Interface (page 180)
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Update CRL Interface (page 183)
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Update Directory Interface (page 184)
Overview of Agent Interfaces
The following table lists the agent interfaces and their functions:
Table 6-1
Agent Interfaces
Interface
Add CA Interface
Add CRL Interface
Approve Revocation
Interface
Bulk Enrollment Interface
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URI
/ocsp/addCA
/ocsp/addCRL
/ca/doRevoke
/ra/doRevoke
/ca/bulkissuance
Purpose
Adds a Certificate Authority
(CA) to the Online Certificate
Status Protocol (OCSP)
responder.
Adds a Certificate Revocation
List (CRL) to the OCSP
responder.
Revokes a certificate of group of
certificates for a given reason.
Uses the id assigned to a pending
request to retrieve the certificate
once it has been issued.
Allows a process to
programatically connect to the
interface using SSL client
authentication (with a CMS
agent certificate) to submit a
request and receive a certificate
in response.