Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.2 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual page 192

Configuring the Online Certificate Status Manager
Go to the Online Certificate Status Manager's Agent interface. The URL is:
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h
The Online Certificate Status Manager Agent Services interface appears.
In the left frame, click Add Certificate Authority.
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In the form, paste the encoded CA signing certificate inside the text area
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labeled "Base 64 encoded certificate (including the header and footer)."
Click Add.
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The certificate is added to the internal database of the Online Certificate Status
Manager.
To verify that the certificate is added successfully, in the left frame, click List
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Certificate Authorities.
The resulting form should show information about the Certificate Manager
(CA) you just added. Note the values assigned to the "This Update," "Next
Update," and "Requests Served Since Startup" fields. All three fields should
show a value of zero (0).
Verify Certificate Manager and Online Certificate Status Manager
Connection
When you restart the Certificate Manager, it tries to connect to the Online
Certificate Status Manager's end-entity SSL port. To verify that the Certificate
Manager did indeed communicate with the Online Certificate Status Manager:
Enter the URL for the Online Certificate Status Manager's Agent interface. The
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URL is: h
The Online Certificate Status Manager Agent Services interface appears.
In the left frame, click List Certificate Authorities.
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The resulting form should show information about the Certificate Manager
(CA) you configured to publish CRls to the Online Certificate Status Manager.
Note the timestamp:
192 Netscape Certificate Management System Administrator's Guide • June 2003
ttps://<hostname>:<port>
ttps://<hostname>:<port>
The This Update and Next Update fields should now be updated with the
appropriate timestamps, indicating that the Certificate Manager did
communicate with the Online Certificate Status Manager.
The Requests Served Since Startup field should show a value of zero (0),
indicating that no OCSP-compliant client has queried the Online
Certificate Status Manager yet for revocation status of a certificate.
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