Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.0 Installation And Setup Manual page 230

Stage 2. Running the Installation Wizard
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To submit your certificate request manually to a third-party CA, follow these
steps:
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Click Next when you are ready to proceed.
CA Signing Certificate Installation. Depending on whether you have the
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certificate ready for pasting into the Installation Wizard screen, click Yes or No.
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In the web browser window, enter the URL for the remote Certificate
Manager's Agent Services page. (You must use the same computer where
you got your agent certificate.)
Select List Requests, then click Show Pending Requests and click Find.
In the pending request list, locate your request, click Details to see the
request, and make any changes. Then, scroll down to the bottom of the
form, and click Do It.
After the certificate is generated, click Show Certificate.
When the certificate is displayed, scroll down to the base-64 encoded
version of the certificate, highlight all the text (including
CERTIFICATE -----
the clipboard or to a text file.
Be sure to not make any changes to the certificate. You're required to paste
the encoded certificate into the Installation Wizard next. So, once you've
copied the certificate, go back to the wizard screen (Step 13).
Make sure that the certificate request (including
CERTIFICATE REQUEST -----
is highlighted, and click the Copy to Clipboard button.
-----)
This action copies the certificate request to the clipboard. In addition to the
copy on the clipboard, the screen informs you that the certificate request
has been saved to a file. You can use either the copy on the clipboard or the
copy in the file to transfer your request to the CA that will issue the
subordinate CA's signing certificate.
Submit your certificate request to a third-party CA, following the
instructions provided by that CA.
If you have submitted your request to a third-party CA or to a remote
Certificate Manager for which you do not have agent privileges, you may
have to wait days or weeks before you receive the certificate. In this case,
you should click No, continue as far as you can with the configuration, and
resume after you receive the certificate. The default selection is No.
and
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
and
-----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST
-----BEGIN
), and copy it to
-----BEGIN NEW