Getting An Ssl Client Certificate For A Subsystem - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.01 Installation And Setup Manual

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To change the certificate used for authenticating to the end-entity services
interface, edit the value assigned to the
the
id="ee_nonSSL"
To change the certificate used for authenticating to the SSL-enabled
end-entity services interface, edit the value assigned to the
servercertnickname
To change the certificate used for authenticating to the administration
interface, Netscape Console, edit the value assigned to the
servercertnickname
Save your changes and close the file.
5.
Start the server; see "Starting Certificate Management System" on page 306.
6.
Getting an SSL Client Certificate for a
Subsystem
By default, the Certificate Manager uses its SSL server certificate for SSL client
authentication to the publishing directory. For details about publishing certificates
and CRLs to a directory, see Chapter 19, "Setting Up LDAP Publishing."
If you want the Certificate Manager to use another certificate for authenticating to
the publishing directory, you can do so. This section provides instructions for
requesting and installing an SSL client certificate for a Certificate Manager and
configuring it to use that certificate for SSL client authentication to the publishing
directory.
Log in to Netscape Console; see "Logging In to Netscape Console" on
1.
page 326.
Locate the CMS instance for the Certificate Manager, make sure it's started,
2.
and then log in to the CMS window of the Certificate Manager.
Select the Configuration tab, and then select the Encryption tab.
3.
Click the Certificate Setup Wizard button to launch the wizard, which is
4.
explained in "Certificate Setup Wizard" on page 436.
Select the option to request a certificate and then follow the on-screen prompts
5.
to generate a certificate request for the client certificate—in the Certificate
Selection window, select
associated text field.
servercertnickname
section.
parameter in the
id="eeSSL"
parameter in the
id="admin"
and specify
Other
client
Chapter 14
Configuring the Server's Security Preferences
parameter in
section.
section.
as the certificate type in the
Managing CMS Keys and Certificates
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