Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.0 - AGENT GUIDE Manual

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Viewing Key Service Requests70 Netscape Certificate Management System Agent’s Guide • March 2002If you deselect the local authorization option, you are choosing remoteauthorization. When you click Recover Now, the key recovery agents must eachaccess the Data Recovery Manager Agent Services pages at their own locations,and use the Authorize Recovery button to enter each authorization separately. Youare informed of the status of the authorizations. When all the authorizations havebeen entered, the recovery is completed and you receive the encrypted file thatcontains the recovered key and certificate.To use the remote authorization feature, the designated key recovery agents mustalso be designated Data Recovery Manager agents, so that they are privileged toaccess the Agent Services pages directly. If you are using only local authorization,anyone can be designated as a recovery agent, since only you will need to accessthe recovery authorization form.If you are a designated key recovery agent as well as a Data Recovery Manageragent, and another Data Recovery Manager agent informs you that a remote keyrecovery authorization has been initiated, enter your authorization as follows:1. Go to the Data Recovery Manager Agent Services page (see “Accessing AgentServices” on page 23). You must submit the proper client certificate to getaccess to this page.2. Click Authorize Recovery.3. Enter the recovery authorization reference number that was part of thenotification.This number identifies the particular key recovery request that you are toauthorize.4. Click Examine.5. Enter your key recovery agent ID and password.6. Click OK.The initiating agent is informed that you have completed your authorization.Viewing Key Service RequestsKey service requests are of two kinds:• Key archival requests, made by remote or local Certificate Managers orRegistration Managers• Key recovery requests, made by Data Recovery Manager agents