This guide is intended for experienced system administrators who are planning to deploy Netscape Certificate Management System. CMS agents should refer to Netscape Certificate Management System Agent's Guide for information on how to perform agent tasks, such as handling certificate requests and revoking certificates.
Before reading this guide, you should be familiar with the role of Netscape Console in managing Netscape servers. For background information, see the accompanying manual, Managing Servers with Netscape Console.
In particular, you must be familiar with the basic concepts of public-key cryptography and the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol before you attempt to install and use Certificate Management System. These include the following topics:
For overviews of these topics, see Appendix D and Appendix E of Managing Servers with Netscape Console.
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