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Certificate Authorities

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ALSO CALLED: CA, Certificate Authority, Certificates, and Certification Authorities
DEFINITION: (CA also stands for conditional access, a term used in DTV.)

A certificate authority (CA) is an authority in a network that issues and manages security credentials and public keys for message encryption. As part of a public key infrastructure (PKI), a CA checks with a registration authority (RA) to verify information provided by the  … 
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Recent Vendor Reports on Certificate Authorities
Foundation Repair: Extended Validation SSL
sponsored by Entrust, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 19 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 May 2007
SUMMARY: This white paper details the new model and the impact it has on consumers and Web site operators.

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Managing SSL Security: Reducing Costs and Complexity
sponsored by Entrust, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 26 Jul 2004 | Published: 01 May 2007
SUMMARY: This white paper explores three key areas impacting the cost and complexity of managing SSL certificates and identifies opportunities for customers to reduce the cost and complexity of using SSL.

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FAOPGP Central Administrator
sponsored by ArticSoft Limited
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:   Posted: 25 Apr 2004 | Published: 01 Apr 2004
SUMMARY:Central Administrator provides corporations with essential management tools for deploying large numbers of FileAssurity OpenPGP across the enterprise.

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ArticSoft Central Administrator
sponsored by ArticSoft Limited
DATA SHEET:   Posted: 25 Apr 2004 | Published: 23 Apr 2004
SUMMARY:Central Administrator provides corporations with essential management tools for deploying large numbers of FileAssurity OpenPGP across the enterprise.

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CERTIFICATE AUTHORITIES DEFINITION (continued): … (CA also stands for conditional access, a term used in DTV.)

A certificate authority (CA) is an authority in a network that issues and manages security credentials and public keys for message encryption. As part of a public key infrastructure (PKI), a CA checks with a registration authority (RA) to verify information provided by the requestor of a digital certificate. If the RA verifies the requestor's information, the CA can then issue a certificate.

Depending on the public key infrastructure implementation, the certificate includes the owner's public key, the expiration date of the certificate, the owner's name, and other information about the public key owner.
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