Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 4.5 - COMMAND-LINE Manual

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What’s in This Guide10 Netscape Certificate Management System Command-Line Tools Guide • October 2001• Understand the concepts of intranet, extranet, and the Internet security and therole of digital certificates in a secure enterprise. These include the followingtopics:m Encryption and decryptionm Public keys, private keys, and symmetric keysm Significance of key lengthsm Digital signaturesm Digital certificates, including various types of digital certificatesm The role of digital certificates in a public-key infrastructure (PKI)m Certificate hierarchiesIf you are new to these concepts, we recommend that you read thesecurity-related appendixes ( Appendix D and Appendix E ) of theaccompanying manual, Managing Servers with Netscape Console.• Are familiar with the role of Netscape Console in managing Netscape version4.x servers. Otherwise, see the accompanying manual, Managing Servers withNetscape Console.• Are reading this guide in conjunction with the documentation listed in “Whereto Go for Related Information” on page 13.What’s in This GuideThis guide covers the following topics:• Chapter 1, “Command-Line Tools” Provides an overview of the command-linetools provided with Certificate Management System, including the ones thatare not covered in this documentation.• Chapter 2, “Password Cache Utility” Describes how to use the tool formanaging the single sign-on password cache.• Chapter 3, “Kill Process Tool” Describes how to use the tool for terminatingCMS process if the server fails to respond to a start, restart, or stop commands.• Chapter 4, “PIN Generator Tool” Describes how to use the tool for generatingunique PINs for your users and for populating their directory entries withPINs.