Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.2 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual page 224

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Submission of Request. Select whether you want to submit the request
26.
manually or send the request automatically to a remote Certificate Manager.
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Netscape Certificate Management System Administrator's Guide • June 2003
To automatically submit the request to a remote Certificate Manager (or for
automatic enrollment), follow these steps:
Select the "Send the request to a remote CMS now" option.
I.
Enter the host name and end-entity port number of the remote
II.
Certificate Manager, and specify whether the end-entity port is SSL
enabled.
Click Next to submit the request.
III.
The Certificate Request Result screen appears, confirming that the
request has been submitted. Note the request ID provided in the
response message. (You can use it later to retrieve the certificate, once
it has been issued, from the end-entity port.)
Note that your request gets added to the agent queue of the remote
Certificate Manager for approval by that Certificate Manager's agent.
If you've permission to access that Certificate Manager's Agent
interface, you can follow the instructions below to issue the certificate.
Otherwise, you should wait for the remote Certificate Manager's agent
to approve your request and issue the certificate.
In the web browser window, enter the URL for the remote Certificate
IV.
Manager's Agent Services page. (You must have a valid agent's
certificate.)
Select List Requests, click Show Pending Requests, and click Find.
V.
In the pending request list, locate your request, click Details to see the
VI.
request, and make any changes. Then, scroll down to the bottom of the
form and click Do It.
After the certificate is generated, click Show Certificate.
VII.
When the certificate is displayed, scroll down to the base-64 encoded
VIII.
version of the certificate, highlight all the text (including
CERTIFICATE -----
to the clipboard or 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 (Step 27).
To submit your certificate request manually to a Certificate Manager,
follow these steps:
and
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN
), and copy it

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