Netscape Personal Security Manager - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.01 Installation And Setup Manual

End Entities and Life-Cycle Management
Table 2-2 shows the protocols supported by the default CMS life-cycle
management servlets. Any of the HTML forms and their HTML help text can be
customized. The Registration Manager also supports the creation of new forms.
Some output templates can also be customized.
Table 2-2
Life-cycle management servlet
Certificate enrollment form
Certificate renewal form
Certificate revocation form
Encryption key storage and
recovery form
For more information about the standards listed in Table 2-1, see "Standards
Summary" on page 77.

Netscape Personal Security Manager

Netscape Personal Security Manager is a standards-based, client-independent
application that performs PKI operations on behalf of Netscape Communicator 4.7
and other applications. Personal Security Manager provides advanced
cryptographic capabilities while at the same time hiding the complexity of PKI
operations from end users. In particular, Personal Security Manager simplifies
certificate deployment with Certificate Management System by taking advantage
of the following CMS features:
• One-click issuance of certificates.
• Forced certificate backup by end users after certificate issuance.
• Issuance and management of separate signing and encryption certificates.
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Default CMS life-cycle management servlets and supported protocols
Message syntax/procedures for end entities
User certificates: KEYGEN for Communicator,
VBScript/XENROLL and PKCS #10 for Internet
Explorer
Server certificates: PKCS #10 (cut and paste; also
URI for Netscape Administration Server 3.5 and 4.x)
User certificates: SSL client authentication
Server certificates: PKCS #10 (cut and paste)
User certificates: SSL client authentication
Server certificates: agent initiated
Not supported for Communicator 4.x; CRMF for
Netscape 6x (based on new JavaScript API).