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<h1 class="topictitle1">Manage the request location for a PKIX CA</h1>
<div><p>A Public Key Infrastructure for X.509 (PKIX) Certificate Authority
(CA) is a CA that issues certificates based on the newest Internet X.509 standards
for implementing a public key infrastructure. </p>
<div class="section"> <p>A PKIX CA requires more stringent identification before issuing
a certificate; usually by requiring that an applicant provide proof of identity
through a Registration Authority (RA). After the applicant supplies the proof
of identity that the RA requires, the RA certifies the applicant's identity.
Either the RA or the applicant, depending on the CAs established procedure,
submits the certified application to the associated CA. As these standards
are adopted more widely, PKIX compliant CAs will become more widely available.
You might investigate using a PKIX compliant CA if your security needs require
strict access control to resources that your SSL-enabled applications provide
to users. For example, Lotus<sup>®</sup> Domino<sup>®</sup> provides a PKIX CA for public use.</p>
<p>If
you choose to have a PKIX CA issue certificates for your applications to use,
you can use Digital Certificate Manager (DCM) to manage these certificates.
You use DCM to configure a URL for a PKIX CA. Doing so configures Digital
Certificate Manager (DCM) to provide a PKIX CA as an option for obtaining
signed certificates. </p>
<p>To use DCM to manage certificates from a PKIX
CA, you must configure DCM to use the location for the CA by following these
steps: </p>
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<ol><li><span><a href="rzahurzahu66adcmstart.htm#rzahu66a-dcm_start">Start
DCM</a>.</span></li>
<li><span>In the navigation frame, select <span class="uicontrol">Manage PKIX Request
Location</span> to display a form that allows you to specify the URL
for the PKIX CA or its associated RA.</span></li>
<li><span>Enter the fully qualified URL for the PKIX CA that you want to
use for requesting a certificate; for example: <samp class="codeph">http://www.thawte.com</samp> and
click <span class="uicontrol">Add</span>. Adding the URL configures DCM to add the
PKIX CA as an option for obtaining signed certificates. </span></li>
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<div class="section"> <div class="p">After you add a PKIX CA request location, DCM adds PKIX CA as
an option for specifying the type of CA that you can choose for issuing a
certificate when using the <span class="uicontrol">Create Certificate</span> task. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> PKIX
standards are outlined in Request For Comments (RFC) 2560. </div>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzahurzahumanagedcm.htm" title="Use this information to learn how to use DCM to manage your certificates and the applications that use them. Also, you can learn about how to digitally sign objects and how to create and operate your own Certificate Authority.">Manage DCM</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
<div><a href="rzahurzahu66cdcminternetcertsr4.htm" title="Review this information to learn how to manage certificates from a public Internet CA by creating a certificate store.">Manage certificates from a public Internet CA</a></div>
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