Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual page 182

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Installing an Online Certificate Status Manager
Import Certificate Chain. This screen appears only if you need to import the
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CA certificate chain. Follow these steps to import the CA chain of a Certificate
Manager:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
If you closed the end-entity interface, you can get the CA certificate chain this
way:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
Key-Pair Information for SSL Server Certificate.
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Go back to the web browser window from which you copied the Online
Certificate Status Manager's signing certificate (in its base-64 encoded
format).
Scroll down to the part that says "Base 64 encoded certificate with CA
certificate chain in pkcs7 format" and shows the CA certificate chain in its
PKCS#7 format.
Highlight all the encoded blob (including
and
-----
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
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.
Paste the certificate chain into the text box.
Click Next to continue.
Open a web browser window.
Go to the end-entity URL for the Certificate Manager that issued the
Online Certificate Status Manager's signing certificate.
Select the Retrieval tab, and then choose Import CA Certificate Chain.
Select the "Display the CA certificate chain in PKCS#7 for importing into a
server" option, and then click Submit.
Copy the certificate chain to the clipboard.
Return to the Installation Wizard.
Paste the certificate chain into the text box.
Click Next to continue.
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE
), and copy it to the clipboard or

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