Subject Name For Transport Certificate; Validity Period For Transport Certificate - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 4.5 Installation And Setup Manual

Data Recovery Manager Configuration
• Key type_________________________________________________
RSA or DSA.
• Key length_______________________________________________
Available key sizes for RSA are 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, or custom. Available key
sizes for DSA are 512, 1024, or custom (in increments of 64 bits only).
In general, longer keys are considered to be cryptographically stronger than
shorter keys. However, longer keys also require more time for signing
operations.
• Message Digest Algortihm (select one): SHA1___ MD2___ MD5___
Select the message digest algorithm to use for generating digital signatures on
certificates.

Subject Name for Transport Certificate

• Common Name (CN=) _____________________________________
• Organizational Unit (OU=) ___________________________________
• Organization (O=) ________________________________________
• Locality (L=) _____________________________________________
• State (ST=) ______________________________________________
• Country (C=) ____________________________________________
A DN is a series of name-value pairs that in combination uniquely identify an
entity. The subject DN identifies the transport certificate. You are not required
to enter all the values, but must enter the Organization (O), such as your
company name. The Organization is required because its absence causes
Netscape Communicator (version 4.6 or below) to crash. For more information
about distinguished names, see Apendix A, "Distinguished Names," in CMS
Plug-ins Guide.

Validity Period for Transport Certificate

You can specify the validity period for a transport certificate only if you are
installing the Certificate Manager and Data Recovery Manager at the same time
and you want the Certificate Manager that you just installed issue the transport
certificate. If the transport certificate is issued by a remote CA, its validity period is
determined by the issuing CA.
204 Netscape Certificate Management System Installation and Setup Guide • October 2001