Overview Of End-Entity Interfaces - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.01 - CUSTOMIZATION Manual

Overview of End-Entity Interfaces

Overview of End-Entity Interfaces
The following table lists the end-entity interfaces and their functions. The sections
that follow cover each interface in detail.
Overview of End-Entity Interfaces
Table 3-1
Interface
Approve Revocation
Interface
Certificate Enrollment
Protocol Interface
Challenge Revocation
Interface
Display Certificate By
Serial Number Interface
Display Certificate From
Request Interface
Enrollment Interface
Get CA Chain Interface
Get Certificate By Serial
Number Interface
Get Certificate From
Request Interface
Get CRL Interface
List Certificates Interface
Online Certificate Status
Protocol Interface
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URI
/doRevoke
/pkiclient.exe
/challenge_revocation1
/displayBySerial
/displayCertFromRequest
/enrollment
/getCAChain
/getBySerial
/getCertFromRequest
/getCRL
/listCerts
/ocsp
Purpose
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.
Process Simple Certificate Enrollment
Protocol (SCEP) certificate requests from
routers and other VPN clients.
Revoke a certificate using a challenge
phrase set during enrollment.
Retrieve a certificate with a given serial
number in human-readable form (use Get
Certificate By Serial Number to get a binary
form).
Used on a Registration Manager to display
the certificate issued for a given request
identifier.
Process manual or automated certificate
requests.
Retrieve the certificate authority's
certificate or certificate chain (if the CA is
not self-signed).
Get a certificate with a given serial number
in a binary format (for example, PKCS #7 or
a CMMF response).
Use the id assigned to a pending request to
retrieve the certificate once it has been
issued.
Retrieve the Certificate Revocation List.
List certificates based on flexible query
criteria.
Serves the OCSP requests to the Online
Certificate Status Manager.