Setup guide

What’s in This Guide
8 Netscape Certificate Management System Command-Line Tools Guide • May 2002
• Understand the conceptsof intranet, extranet, andthe Internet security and the
role of digital certificates in a secure enterprise. These include the following
topics:
❍ Encryption and decryption
❍ Public keys, private keys, and symmetric keys
❍ Significance of key lengths
❍ Digital signatures
❍ Digital certificates, including various types of digi tal certificates
❍ The role of digital certificates in a public-key infrastructure (PKI)
❍ Certificate hierarchies
If you are new to these concepts, w e recommend that you read the
security-related appendixes of the accompanying manual, Managing Ser ver s
with Netscape Cons ole.
• Are familiar with the role of Netscape Console in managing Netscape version
6.x servers. Otherwise, see the accompanying manual, M anaging Servers with
Netsca pe Conso le.
• Are reading this guide in conjunction with the documentation listed in “Where
to Go for Related Information” on page 10.
What’s in This Guide
This guide covers the following topics:
• Chapter 1,“Command-Line Tools”Provides an overviewof the command-line
tools provided with Certificate Management Syst em, including the ones that
are not covered in this documentation.
• Chapter 2, “CMS Upgrade Utility” Describes how to use the utility to upgrade
from a previous release of Certificate Management System.
• Chapter 3, “Password Cache Utility” Describes how to use the tool for
managing the single sign-on password cache.
• Chapter 4, “PIN Generator Tool” Describes how to use the tool for generating
unique PINs for your users and for populating their directory entries with
PINs.