Glossary - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.0 Installation And Setup Manual

Glossary

access control The process of controlling who is allowed to do what. For
example, access control to servers is typically based on an identity, established by a
password or a certificate, and on rules regarding what that entity can do. See also
access control list (ACL).
access control entry (ACE) An access rule that specifies either (1) how subjects
requesting access are to be identified or (2) what rights are allowed or denied for a
particular subject or subjects. See access control list (ACL).
access control list (ACL) A collection of access control entries that define a
hierarchy of access rules to be evaluated when a server receives a request for access
to a particular resource. See access control entry (ACE).
administrator The person who installs and configures one or more CMS
managers and sets up privileged users, or agents, for them. See also agent.
agent A user who belongs to a group authorized to manage agent services for a
CMS manager. See also Certificate Manager agent, Registration Manager agent,
Data Recovery Manager agent.
agent services 1. Services that can be administered by a CMS agent via HTML
pages served by the CMS manager for which the agent has been assigned the
necessary privileges. 2. The HTML pages for administering such services.
attribute value assertion (AVA) An assertion of the form attribute = value, where
attribute consists of a tag, such as o (organization) or (user ID), and value
uid
consists of a value, such as "Netscape Communications Corp." or a login name.
AVAs are used to form the distinguished name (DN) that identifies the subject of a
certificate (called the subject name of the certificate).
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