- A digital certificate that binds unforgeably the public key of an entity to the entity's distinguishing identifier, and which indicates the validity of the corresponding private key. [ISO/IEC 13888-1: 1997]
www.ecommercepki.com/cps/glossary.htm - Public key and identification data signed by a trusted third party to provide authentication and integrity of the key.
www.maithean.com/products/glossary.html - In cryptography, a public key certificate (or identity certificate) is a certificate which uses a digital signature to bind together a public key with an identity — information such as the name of a person or an organisation, their address, and so forth. The certificate can be used to verify that a public key belongs to an individual.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_certificate
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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Thanks a lot for sharing all these definitions of public key certificates. I wanted to know if these certificates are available for free or not and who actually provides them.
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