Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual page 811

Glossary
access control The process of controlling who is allowed to do what. For
example, access control to servers is typically based on an identity, established by a
password or a certificate, and on rules regarding what that entity can do. See also
access control list (ACL).
access control instructions (ACI) An access rule that specifies (1) how subjects
requesting access are to be identified or (2) what rights are allowed or denied for a
particular subject or subjects. See access control list (ACL).
access control list (ACL) A collection of access control entries that define a
hierarchy of access rules to be evaluated when a server receives a request for access
to a particular resource. See access control instructions (ACI).
administrator The person who installs and configures one or more CMS
managers and sets up privileged users, or agents, for them. See also agent.
agent A user who belongs to a group authorized to manage agent services for a
CMS manager. See also Certificate Manager agent, Registration Manager agent,
Data Recovery Manager agent.
agent-approved enrollment An enrollment that requires an agent to approve the
enrollment request before the certificate is issued.
agent services 1. Services that can be administered by a CMS agent via HTML
pages served by the CMS manager for which the agent has been assigned the
necessary privileges. 2. The HTML pages for administering such services.
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