Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.01 Installation And Setup Manual page 258

Stage 2. Running the Installation Wizard
i.
To submit your certificate request manually to a third-party CA, follow these
steps:
a.
b.
Click Next when you are ready to proceed to the next screen.
SSL Server Certificate Installation. Depending on whether you have the
22.
certificate ready for pasting into the Installation Wizard screen, click Yes or No.
Click Next to continue.
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When the certificate is displayed, scroll down to the base-64 encoded
version of the certificate, highlight all the text (including
CERTIFICATE -----
the clipboard or to a text file.
Be sure to not make any changes to the certificate. You're required to paste
the encoded certificate into the Installation Wizard next. So, once you've
copied the certificate, go back to the wizard screen (Step 22).
Make sure that the certificate request (including
CERTIFICATE REQUEST -----
is highlighted, and click the Copy to Clipboard button.
-----)
This action copies the certificate request to the clipboard. In addition to the
copy on the clipboard, the screen informs you that the certificate request
has been saved to a file. You can use either the copy on the clipboard or the
copy in the file to transfer your request to the CA that will issue the
subordinate CA's signing certificate.
Submit your certificate request to a third-party CA, following the
instructions provided by that CA.
If you have submitted your request to a third-party CA or to a remote
Certificate Manager for which you do not have agent privileges, you may
have to wait days or weeks before you receive the certificate. In this case,
you should click No, continue as far as you can with the configuration, and
resume after you receive the certificate. The default is No.
Select Yes, only if you have the certificate ready in its base-64 encoded
format.
If you selected Yes, the "Location of Certificate" screen appears (Step 23).
If you selected No, you will be presented with the "Create Single Signon
Password" screen (Step 26).
and
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
and
-----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST
-----BEGIN
), and copy it to
-----BEGIN NEW