Managing Novell Certificate Server

As a system administrator, you will need to perform several tasks to maintain the public key cryptography services provided through Novell^® Certificate Server. Most of these tasks are performed within ConsoleOne^TM. Some tasks are performed using the Novell Certificate Console utility. This chapter provides a brief overview and specific information on completing each task.

Certificate Authority tasks:

• Creating an Organizational Certificate Authority Object
• Issuing a Public Key Certificate
• Viewing the Organizational CA's Properties
• Viewing an Organizational CA's Public Key Certificate Properties
• Viewing the CA's Self-Signed Certificate Properties
• Exporting the Organizational CA's Self-Signed Certificate
• Backing Up an Organizational CA
• Restoring an Organizational CA
• Moving the Organizational CA to a Different Server
• Validating the Organizational CA's Certificates
• Replacing the Organizational CA
• Deleting the Organizational CA

Server Certificate object tasks:

• Creating Server Certificate Objects
• Importing a Public Key Certificate into a Server Certificate Object
• Exporting a Trusted Root or Public Key Certificate
• Deleting a Server Certificate Object
• Viewing a Server Certificate Object's Properties
• Viewing a Server Certificate Object's Public Key Certificate Properties
• Viewing a Server Certificate Object's Trusted Root Certificate Properties
• Backing Up a Server Certificate Object
• Restoring a Server Certificate Object
• Server Certificate Objects and Clustering
• Validating a Server Certificates
• Moving a Server Certificate Object to a Different Server
• Replacing a Server Certificate Object's Keying Material

User Certificate tasks:

• Creating User Certificates
• Creating User Certificates in Bulk
• Importing a Public Key Certificate into a User Object
• Viewing a User Certificate's Properties
• Exporting a User Certificate Using ConsoleOne
• Exporting a User Certificate and Private Key Using ConsoleOne
• Deleting a User Certificate and Private Key
• Validating User Certificates

Trusted Root object tasks:

• Creating a Trusted Root Container
• Creating Trusted Root Objects
• Viewing a Trusted Root Object's Properties
• Replacing a Trusted Root Certificate
• Validating a Trusted Root Object

Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Tasks:

• Creating a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Object
• Importing a Third-Party CRL
• Exporting a Third-Party CRL
• Replacing a Third-Party CRL
• Viewing a Third-Party CRL's Properties

eDirectory^® tasks:

• Merging Two Trees that Have Security Containers
• Resolving Multiple Security Containers, Organizational CAs, KAP Containers, and W0 Objects
• Restoring or Re-creating a Security Container
• Restoring or Re-creating KAP and W0

Application tasks:

• Importing the User Certificate and Private Key into Your E-Mail Client
• Configuring Your E-mail Client to Secure Your E-Mail
• Configuring Your Browser or E-Mail Client to Accept Certificates
• Configuring Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) for SSL with Novell Certificates
• Configuring Microsoft IIS for Client Authentication with Novell Certificates
• Requesting a Server Certificate for Microsoft IIS