The following terms and acronyms are used in the inter-server communications security documentation:
CA |
Certificate Authority The trusted certificate source responsible for digitally signing other server's x.509 certificates. |
CACERTS |
Certificate Authority Certificate file This file contains several root CA's certificates. It is shipped by Sun* Microsystems with each copy of Java. The root CAs in the file are VeriSign* and Thawte Consulting. This is a place for Java to store trusted certificates for SSL communications. |
CS |
Certificate Signer The trusted certificate source responsible for digitally signing other server's XMLRPC certificates. |
certificate
or
security certificate |
An electronic document that contains an electronic signature for validating anything associated with the certificate, such as a Distribution. |
CSR |
Certificate Signing Request Request by a server to have an XMLRPC certificate signed by the trusted CS. This is not an x.509 certificate that would be signed by a root CA, such as VeriSign or Thawte Consulting. |
self-signed certificate |
A valid certificate signed by its creator. |
signed certificate |
A certificate signed by a CS, which makes it valid for acceptance by the receiving server. |
SSL |
Secure Socket Layer |
XMLRPC |
Extensible Markup Language Remote Procedure Call Software used by ZfS and TED for inter-server communications. |
XMLProxyServlet |
XMLRPC Proxy Servlet Servlet used to proxy XMLRPC requests to other private networks across a non-secured connection. |
ZenCSServlet |
ZENworks Certificate Signer Servlet Servlet that implements the Certificate Signer functionality. |
