System Architecture - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.0 Installation And Setup Manual

System Architecture

For a summary of the various end entities, protocols, cryptographic algorithms,
and key pairs (single or dual) supported by Certificate Management System, see
"End Entities and Life-Cycle Management" on page 98.
Figure 1-9 shows the end-entity services interface of a Certificate Manager.
End-entity services interface
Figure 1-9
Note that the Data Recovery Manager and Online Certificate Status Manager do
not provide end-entity interfaces because end entities do not directly interact with
these servers. For a complete list of the end-entity forms—for enrollment, renewal,
retrieval, revocation, and key recovery—that come with Certificate Management
System, see CMS Customization Guide.
System Architecture
Figure 1-10 shows the internal architecture of Certificate Management System. The
sections that follow describe the basic elements of this architecture, starting at the
bottom of the figure.
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