Enrolling New Customers - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.0 Installation And Setup Manual

Custom authentication against an existing customer database
Figure 2-2

Enrolling New Customers

The following process will be used for enrolling new ExampleCorp customers. In
this case, the Registration Manager uses manual authentication to validate every
certificate request personally before issuing the certificate. Figure 2-3 illustrates the
steps in this process.
Request certificate. The customer fills in and submits a certificate request form
1.
for new ExampleCorp customers.
Deferral notice. The Registration Manager immediately informs the customer
2.
(via a web page) that the request has been deferred and that ExampleCorp will
be in touch soon. Meanwhile, the certificate request waits in a queue for
attention from the Registration Manager agent.
Chapter 2 Certificate Enrollment and Life-Cycle Management
Some Enrollment Scenarios
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