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Re: [Handle-info] Standalone Handle Service
To answer one specific question, privkey.bin/pubkey.bin identifies your handle server. The public key is stored in the siteinfo for your site, which clients generally get from the global handle root before contacting your site. This allows clients to validate that they are talking to the expected server.
The other pair admpriv.bin/admpub.bin is used to identify an administrator. It's not required by the server itself, but since servers generally need administrators, the server setup creates it for convenience. The public key admpub.bin is what you would store in the HS_PUBKEY value of a handle you would use to identify the server administrator.
You will probably find your testing much more straightforward if you get a testing prefix in the global handle root. Write to hdladmin@cnri.reston.va.us, you should be able to get a testing prefix valid for 90 days.
Robert
On 2012-08-27, at 07:09 , Finston, Laurence wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been trying to set up a standalone handle service for testing purposes. My employer (GWDG, Goettingen, Germany) has two registered prefixes, but the people responsible for them would prefer that I not use them at this time.
>
> I have been having some difficulty with this. I have data base entries for handles `0.NA/12345' and `12345/ADMIN'. I have gotten to the point where my local handle proxy can resolve these handles, however, hdl-list, for example, fails.
>
> It is not clear to me, what data the database entries for the handles are supposed to contain. In particular, it is not clear to me how the secret/public key pairs privkey.bin/pubkey.bin on the one hand and admpriv.bin/admpub.bin on the other are used.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Laurence Finston
>
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