Mapper And Publisher Plug-In Modules - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.01 Installation And Setup Manual

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Mapper and Publisher Plug-in Modules

Mapper and publisher plug-in modules enable Certificate Management System to
establish a connection with the configured repository and publish certificates and
CRLs. For example, LDAP-related mapper and publisher plug-in modules enable
Certificate Management System to function seamlessly with an LDAP-compliant
directory, such as Netscape Directory Server, that organizations typically use to
maintain corporatewide data about user and group accounts and other network
resources. You can set up Certificate Management System to automatically publish
certificate information and CRLs to a directory. The advantage of publishing
certificates and CRLs to the directory is multifold:
• You can keep users' certificate-related information with the rest of the user
information. This way, when you update the user information, the
certificate-related information automatically gets updated. For example, when
you delete a user entry, the security credentials of that user automatically gets
deleted from the directory.
• If you are using S/MIME-enabled clients (for example, Netscape
Communicator), publishing all certificates to a central directory enables your
users to import others' certificates from the global directory.
Figure 1-3
Seamless integration with any LDAP-compliant directory (see Figure 1-3) makes
possible the following:
• Corporate IS organizations can generate and manage certificates as an integral
part of their user and group management.
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Seamless integration with any LDAP-compliant directory