Digital Certificate
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Digital certificates are used for security and verification purposes when sending electronic messages. A sender applies for a digital certificate from a Certificate Authority containing their public key and identification. The recipient can then use the CA's public key to decode the attached certificate and verify the sender's identity and public key to encrypt a reply message.
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Digital Certificate
- 2. An attachment to an electronic message used for security purposes.
- 3. The most common use of a digital certificate is to verify that a user sending a message is who he or she claims to be, and to provide the receiver with the means to encode a reply .
- 4. An individual wishing to send an encrypted message applies for a digital certificate from a Certificate Authority. The CA issues an encrypted digital certificate containing the applicant's public key and a variety of other identification information. The CA makes its own public key readily available through print publicity or perhaps on the Internet.
- 5. The recipient of an encrypted message uses the CA's public key to decode the digital certificate attached to the message, verifies it as issued by the CA and then obtains the sender's public key and identification information held within the certificate. With this information, the recipient can send an encrypted reply.
- 6. The most widely used standard for digital certificates is X.509