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Table 1-8 Certificate Management System user entry points
User type Component/Tool
End entity Web browser
Agent Web browser
Administrator Netscape Console
(CMS window)
CMS interface
End Entity Services
This interface provides the general front end for end-entity
interactions with the server. Through this interface, the Certificate
Manager or Registration Manager serves the appropriate HTML
forms for end-entity operations (the Data Recovery Manager and
Online Certificate Status Manager do not have an end-entity
interface). These include forms for certificate enrollment, retrieval,
query, renewal, import, and revocation. For details, see
"End-Entity Services Interface" on page 72.
Agent Services
This interface provides the general front end for agent interactions
with the server. Through this interface, a Certificate Manager,
Registration Manager, Data Recovery Manager, or Online
Certificate Status Manager serves the appropriate HTML forms for
agent tasks. For details, see "Agent Services Interface" on page 68.
Accessing Agent Services is a privileged operation; agents must use
designated certificates for SSL client authentication to Certificate
Management System.
The remote administration interface supports a GUI-based
administration tool called Netscape Console that provides the
general administration and management interface for Certificate
Management System. For details, see Chapter 9, "Administration
Tasks and Tools."
Administrators can use this tool to perform day-to-day operational
and managerial duties, such as changing the server configuration,
stopping and restarting the server, requesting and installing
certificates, managing resources (certificates and requests), and
setting up privileged-user information and associated access
controls.
The CMS window can only be launched from within Netscape
Console. Accessing this window is a privileged operation requiring
a password-based authentication to Certificate Management
System.
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