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Hardware Cryptographic Accelerators
Hardware Cryptographic Accelerators
Certificate Management System allows you to use hardware cryptographic
accelerators with external tokens. Many of the accelerators provide the following
security features:
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Fast SSL connections—speed is important if you want your Certificate
Manager, Registration Manager, or Data Recovery Manager to be able to
accommodate a high number of simultaneous enrollment or service requests.
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Hardware protection of private keys—these devices behave like smart cards, in
that they do not allow the private keys to be copied or removed from the
hardware token. This is important if you are concerned about the risks
associated with key theft from an active attacker of your online Registration
Manager or Certificate Manager.
Certificate Setup Wizard
Certificate Management System provides a wizard, called the Certificate Setup
Wizard, which automates the process of requesting and installing the certificates
required by the CMS manager—Certificate Manager, Registration Manager, Data
Recovery Manager, or Online Certificate Status Manager—installed in a CMS
instance. For details about these certificates, see "Keys and Certificates for the Main
Subsystems" on page 420.
The Certificate Setup Wizard is integrated into the CMS window, enabling you to
accomplish the following tasks:
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Renew certificates of the CMS managers installed in a CMS instance; renewing a
certificate means getting a new certificate with the same subject name and
public and private key material as that of the existing certificate, but with an
extended validity period.
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Request and install new certificates for the CMS managers installed in a CMS
instance; reissuing or requesting a new certificate means getting a certificate
based on a new public and private key pair.
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Install CA certificates in the certificate or trust database of a CMS instance.
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Install CA certificate chains in the certificate database of a CMS instance.
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Netscape Certificate Management System Installation and Setup Guide • May 2002
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