The course includes labs in which students develop skills implementing PKI components using Netscape Certificate Management System 4.x and Netscape Directory Server 4.x. Each classroom has twelve Sun Workstations or NT Workstations. Class size is a maximum of 12 students, with each student assigned to a workstation.
Students spend most of their time in lectures and group exercises.
At the end of each day a lab is provided to allow students to test the feasibility of designs developed during planning exercises in class. In the second lab, at the end of day two, students install Netscape Enterprise Server 3.6, enable SSL on the Enterprise Server, and configure Enterprise Server to require client authentication using certificates issued by CMS 4.1. In the third and final lab, students have an opportunity to install new instances of CMS 4.1 to match the PKI topology designed by their group. Students may work independently or coordinate with others in their group. Depending upon their designs, students may create additional CMS instances, enable directory-based authentication, and enable LDAP publishing.