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CMC Enrollment Features that allow you to send either signed enrollment or
signed revocation requests to a Certificate Manager using an agents signing
certificate. These requests are then automatically processed by the Certificate
Manager.
CMMF See Certificate Management Message Formats (CMMF).
CMS See Netscape Certificate Management System (CMS), Cryptographic
Message Syntax (CMS).
CMS instance An instance of a CMS subsystem, comprising both code and data
and treated as a discrete entity.
CMS subsystem One of the four CMS Managers: Certificate Manager,
Registration Manager, Online Certificate Status Manager, or Data Recovery
Manager.
CMS console A console that can be opened for any single CMS instance from
within Netscape Console. A CMS console allows the CMS administrator to control
configuration settings for the corresponding CMS instance.
Common Criteria Environment The configuration settings used for the Common
Criteria certification of CMS.
configuration directory A Directory Server instance that contains the
configuration entries used by Netscape Console to track the servers in a server
group.
CRL See certificate revocation list (CRL).
cross-pair certificate A certificate issued by one CA to another CA which is then
stored by both CAs to form a circle of trust. The two CAs issue certificates to each
other, and then store both cross-pair certificates as a certificate pair.
CRMF See Certificate Request Message Format (CRMF).
cross-certification The exchange of certificates by two CAs in different
certification hierarchies, or chains. Cross-certification extends the chain of trust so
that it encompasses both hierarchies. See also certificate authority (CA).
cryptographic algorithm A set of rules or directions used to perform
cryptographic operations such as encryption and decryption.
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