System information

5.7. New File Locations and Subsystem URIs .............................................................. 10
6. Known Issues ................................................................................................................ 11
7. Updates and Errata Releases for Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 ...................................... 16
8. Documentation .............................................................................................................. 19
9. Copyright and Third-Party Acknowledgments ................................................................... 20
10. Document History ......................................................................................................... 24
1. Introduction
These release notes contain important information available at the time of release for Red Hat Certific-
ate System 7.2. New features, system requirements, installation notes, known problems, resources,
and other current issues are addressed here. Read this document before beginning to use Red Hat
Certificate System.
2. New Features in Red Hat Certificate System 7.2
Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 is a powerful public-key infrastructure (PKI) system containing the fol-
lowing new features:
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New silent installation script to ease installing and configuring multiple subsystem instances
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New security domain structure to organize and streamline communications between subsystems
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Enhanced cloning functionalities utilizing the new security domain organization
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Enhanced Red Hat Enterprise Security Client GUI and diagnostic and Phone Home functionality
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Multiple distinct packages rather than a single all-encompassing package
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A new standards-based architecture which more closely integrates Red Hat Certificate System with
its base operating system
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Simplified browser-based HTML configuration panels for setting up subsystems
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Replaced Netscape Enterprise Server (NES) with Tomcat and Apache web servers
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Decoupled Red Hat Directory Server from Red Hat Certificate System
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Relocatable Red Hat Certificate System subsystem instances
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New supported server platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 (Intel 64-bit)
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New supported client platform, Apple Macintosh OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) (Power PC 32-bit)
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