Complete Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Introducing Netscape Console
Chapter 2 The Netscape Server Family Setup Program
Chapter 3 Using Netscape Console
Chapter 4 User and Group Administration
Chapter 5 Using SSL
Chapter 6 Delegating Server Administration
Chapter 7 Using SNMP to Monitor Services
Chapter 8 Administration Server Basics
Chapter 9 Administration Server Configuration
Appendix A Distinguished Name Attributes and Syntax
Appendix B Administration Server Command Line Tools
Appendix C FORTEZZA
Appendix D Introduction to Public-Key Cryptography
Appendix E Introduction to SSL
Managing Servers with Netscape Console: Index
Contents



A
access control information
  See ACI
access log
  defined 123
  viewing 124
access permission
  for a server 94
  for a task 97
access settings 129
ACI
  name 101
  rule 96, 98
ACI Editor
  settings and options 98
  using 97
activate SSL 75
add
  administration domain 28
  pre-4.0 server 31
  right to add 100
administration domain
  adding 28
  changing user directory settings 137
  defined 88
  modifying 30
  overview 26
administration privileges
  comparison 89
Administration Server
  access settings 129
  activating SSL 131
  defined 16
  delegated administration 88
  directory settings 133
  enabling SSL 131
  encryptions settings 131
  installation of 20
  logging options 123
  network settings 127
  single instance per server root 34
  SNMP master agent 104
  starting 121
  stopping 123
  user directory settings 135
Administration Server Administrator
  privileges 89
administrative privileges
  overview 87
adminstrative privileges
  defined 88
algorithm 181
alias 45, 71
authentication
  certificate 191
  client 188
  form signing 197
  password-based 189
  server 188
authentication, certificate 189

B
bind rules 96

C
CA 202
  certificate 194
  defined 187
  FORTEZZA card 176
  hierarchies 202
  root CA 203
CAW 175
certificate 86
  and LDAP Directory 210
  backing up 71
  CA certificate 194
  certificate-based authentication 189
  chains 203
  client 80-86, 193
  contents 198
  example of 199
  how certificates are used 191
  issuing 209
  object-signing 194
  renewing or revoking 211
  S/MIME 194
  server 194
  server certificate 63
  server certificate chain 64
  server certificate request 64-70
  trusted CA certificate 64
  types of 193
  verifying a certificate chain 208
Certificate Authority 62
  See CA.
  trusted 202
  trusted CA certificate 64
Certificate Authority Workstation 175
certificate database 59, 62
certificate group 50
Certificate Revocation List 177
  See CRL
Certificate Setup Wizard 62
certificate-based authentication
  how it works 191
certmap.conf file 80-86
changing user directory settings 138
ciphers, SSL 60-61
  choosing 60
  defined 181
  preferences 77
CKL 78, 177
client
  authentication 188
  SSL certificates 80, 193
clone a server 32
community string 114
Compare 100
Compromised Key List 177
Configuration Administrator
  Configuration Administrators group 92
  defined 88
  privileges 89
  setting access permissions 94
configuration directory 13
  defined 133
  specifying 133
construct LDAP URL 49
create
  administration domain 29
  certificate group 50
  dynamic group 48
  organizational unit 45
  server instance 32
  static group 46
  user 52
CRL
  defined 177
  managing 78
crypto card
  FORTEZZA 175
  how certified 176
Custom Installation mode 21
customize
  display fonts 36
  display preferences 36
  view of Netscape Console 35

D
delegated administration 88-91
Delete
  access control permission 100
Digital Signatures 58, 185
Directory Server 13-15
  authentication against 88
  configuration subtree 13
  installing 20
  interacting with 39-43
  LDAP URL 49
  mapping client certificate to 80-86
  user subtree 13
Directory Server Gateway 129
directory settings 133
display preferences 36
  fonts 36
  profile 38
distinguished name
  See DN.
DN
  defined 198
  overview 40
Domain Administrator
  defined 88
  privileges 89
dynamic group 48

E
edit
  password 55
  user or group directory entry 55
email, signed and encrypted 195
encryption
  defined 181
  external devices 58
  PKCS # 11 module 58
  public-key 183
  SSL overview 58
  symmetric-key 182
encryption settings 131
end user
  administration page 42
End-user page 129
error log
  defined 123
  viewing 125
Express Installation mode 21
external encryption devices 58
external token 59

F
fonts, customizing 36
form signing 197
FORTEZZA
  and PKCS # 11 module 58
  choosing 65
  defined 175
  enabling 177
  FORTEZZA card 59
  how it works 175

G
group 46-52
  certificate group 50
  dynamic group 48
  static group 46

I
install 20
  Install.htm 20
  installation modes 20
  Netscape Console 22
  SSL certificate 63, 71
internal token 59

K
key 181
key recovery 210
key-pair 62
  Certificate Setup Wizard 62
  overview 59

L
language, preferred 54
LDAP URL 49
license, tracking 54
Litronic cryptographic module 58
logging in to Netscape Console 25
logging options 123

M
master agent 104
members, adding to static group 47
migrate a server 32

N
navigation tree
  customizing 36
  overview 26
Netscape Console 17
  installing by itself 22
  logging in 25
network settings 127

O
object signing 198
organizational unit
  creating 45
  defined 44
overview 26
Owner DN 29

P
password
  editing 55
  for Trust Database 78
password-based authentication 189
permission
  permssions used in ACIs 95
permission, access 94
PKCS # 11 module 58
  setting up 59
pre-4.0 server 30-33
  adding 30
preferences
  display 36
preferred language 54
private key 183
public key
  defined 183
  infrastructure 208
  management 210
public-key
  cryptography 180
Public-Key Encryption 58

R
Read
  access control permission 100
recover a key 210
Registration Authority 212
remove
  server instance 34
  user, group, or organizational unit 55
renew certificate 211
request for server certificate 64-70
resources
  access to 92
  defined 26
revoke a certificate 211
rights, access control 100
rule, ACI 98
rules 96

S
S/MIME certificate 194
search
  changing the search directory 42
  for a user or group 40
  Search access control permission 100
Secure Sockets Layer protocol
  See SSL
self-signed certificate 203
Selfwrite 100
server
  authentication 188
  certificate 66
  changing user directory settings 139
  task 97
Server Administrator 88
  privileges 89
server certificate 63, 194
server certificate chain 71
server certificate request 64-70
server group 26, 88, 138
  defined 16
  providing access to 88
server instance
  creating 33
  removing 34
server, Netscape
  certificate 64-70
  cloning 32
  creating new instance of 32
  installing 20
  migrating to 4.0 32
  opening 28
  remove instance 34
  uninstalling 34
Setup Program 19
single sign-on 196
SNMP
  community string 114
  defined 104-105
  enabling master agent 111
  enabling subagent 116
  how it works 105-107
  master agent 104
  native daemon 110
  proxy agent 109
  setting up 107-108
  subagent 104
  trap destinations 116
SSL client 80-86
SSL protocol 58-63
  ciphers 72
  client certificates 193
  external token 59
  internal token 59
  options 62
  server certificate chain 71
  slots and tokens 59
  token 72
static group
  creating 46
  defined 46
subagent 104
subagent, SNMP 116

T
target 101
  ACI 95
task 97
TCP/IP 180
test LDAP URL 49
token 65, 72
token, for SSL 64
tokens, SSL protocol 59
topology, Netscape 88
track user licenses 54
trap, SNMP 116
Trust Database 66
  password 78
trusted CA
  defined 202
Typical Installation mode 21

U
uninstall a Netscape server 34
user
  create 52
  preferred language 54
user directory 13
  defined 135
user directory settings 135

V
view, customized 35

W
Write
  access control permission 100
 

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