1.4. A Look at the Token Management System (TMS)
Certificate System creates, manages, renews, and revokes certificates, and it also archives and recovers keys. For organizations which use smart cards, the Certificate System has a token management system — a collection of subsystems with established relationships — to generate keys and requests and receive certificates to be used for smart cards.
For information on this topic, see the following sections in the Red Hat Certificate System Planning, Installation, and Deployment Guide: