Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.0 Installation And Setup Manual page 819

chain of trust See certificate chain.
chained CA See linked CA.
cipher See cryptographic algorithm.
client authentication The process of identifying a client to a server, for example,
with a name and password or with a certificate and some digitally signed data. See
certificate-based authentication, password-based authentication, server
authentication.
client SSL certificate A certificate used to identify a client to a server using the
SSL protocol. See Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
CMC See Certificate Management Messages over Cryptographic Message Syntax
(CMC).
CMMF See Certificate Management Message Formats (CMMF).
CMS See Netscape Certificate Management System (CMS), Cryptographic
Message Syntax (CMS).
CMS instance An instance of a CMS subsystem, comprising both code and data
and treated as a discrete entity.
CMS subsystem One of the three CMS Managers: Certificate Manager,
Registration Manager, or Data Recovery Manager.
CMS window A window that can be opened for any single CMS instance from
within Netscape Console. A CMS window allows the CMS administrator to control
configuration settings for the corresponding CMS instance.
configuration directory A Directory Server instance that contains the
configuration entries used by Netscape Console to track the servers in a server
group.
CRL See certificate revocation list (CRL).
CRMF See Certificate Request Message Format (CRMF).
cross-certification The exchange of certificates by two CAs in different
certification hierarchies, or chains. Cross-certification extends the chain of trust so
that it encompasses both hierarchies. See also certificate authority (CA).
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