The Novell® Certificate Server™ APIs enable you to deploy a public key infrastructure (PKI) service within your organization. Once installed, the PKI service allows you to create, manage, and access X.509 certificates. These APIs help you use this functionality to further enhance or customize your security solutions without rewriting your own technology.
This guide contains the following sections:
This guide is intended for Java and C developers who desire to implement Novell Certificate Server functionality on their applications.
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For the most recent version of this guide, see Novell Certificate Server Libraries for C.
For more comprehensive background information about setting up, managing, and troubleshooting this service, see the Novell Certificate Server Administration Guide.
The new Certificate Server functionality runs only on the same platforms as eDirectory 8.7 (see Novell eDirectory 8.7 System Requirements
For Certificate Server source code projects, visit Forge Project: Novell Certificate Server Libraries for C and Forge Project: Novell Certificate Server Classes for Java.
For Certificate Server sample code, see Novell Certificate Server Libraries for C.
NOTE:Because Certificate Server for Java is an Early Acess API, there currently is no developer support forum for this component.
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