Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.0 Installation And Setup Manual page 827

Registration Manager agent A user who belongs to a group authorized to
manage agent services for a Registration Manager, including the ability to access
and modify (approve and reject) certificate requests.
root CA The certificate authority (CA) with a self-signed certificate at the top of a
certificate chain. See also CA certificate, subordinate CA.
RSA algorithm Short for Rivest-Shamir-Adleman, a public-key algorithm for
both encryption and authentication. It was developed by Ronald Rivest, Adi
Shamir, and Leonard Adleman and introduced in 1978.
RSA key exchange A key-exchange algorithm for SSL based on the RSA
algorithm.
sandbox A Java term for the carefully defined limits within which Java code must
operate.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) A protocol that allows mutual authentication
between a client and server and the establishment of an authenticated and
encrypted connection. SSL runs above TCP/IP and below HTTP, LDAP, IMAP,
NNTP, and other high-level network protocols.
server authentication The process of identifying a server to a client. See also
client authentication.
server group The servers in a server root directory managed by a single instance
of Netscape Administration Server.
server root The directory used to store Certificate Management System and other
Netscape Server binaries that make up a server group.
server SSL certificate A certificate used to identify a server to a client using the
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
Java code that handles a particular kind of interaction with end entities
servlet
on behalf of a CMS manager. For example, certificate enrollment, renewal,
revocation, and key recovery requests are each handled by separate servlets.
SHA-1 Secure Hash Algorithm, a hash function used by the US Government.
signature algorithm A cryptographic algorithm used to create digital signatures.
Certificate Management System supports the MD5 and SHA-1 signing algorithms.
See also cryptographic algorithm, digital signature.
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