SECURITY
To publish a third-party client certificate in a user's Person record, use the Certificate Publications Request database. Clients submit certificate publication requests to the database, where they are approved by an administrator. After a request is approved, a publication request is created automatically in the Administration Process database. When the request is completed, the third-party client certificate is published in the requester's Person record.
In order to use this database, the server on which it is hosted must:
Note The user does not have to have a Person document in the Lotus Domino Directory to make a publication request. The administrator can create a Person document once the request has been entered, and it has been decided that the certificate's owner can be trusted.
To create the Certificate Publications Request database
1. From the Lotus Domino Administrator, click File - Application - New.
2. Create a new database using the Lotus Domino Certificate Publications Request template (CERTPUB.NTF).
To publish a third party CA client certificate in a Person record
1. The client opens the Certificate Publications Request database using a browser, completes the Certificate Registration Request form, and submits it.
2. The administrator approves or denies the publication requests in the Waiting for Approval view.
3. If the request is approved, it is submitted to the Administration Process and the client certificate is published in the requester's Person record.
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