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| A trust model with one CA that acts as a facilitator to interconnect all other CAs. |
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| Certificate Authority (CA) |
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| A trusted third-party agency that is responsible for issuing the digital certificates. |
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| Certificate Repository (CR) |
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| A publicly accessible centralized directory that contains digital certificates that can be used to view the status of a digital certificate. |
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| Certificate Revocation List (CRL) |
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| A repository that lists revoked digital certificates. |
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| A technology used to associate a user's identity to a public key, in which the user's public key is "digitally signed" by a trusted third party. |
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| A type of trust model in which a relationship exists between two individuals because one person knows the other person. |
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| A trust model that has multiple CAs that sign digital certificates. |
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| A trust model that has a single hierarchy with one master CA. |
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| Hypertext Transport Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS) |
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| A secure version of HTTP sent over SSL/TLS. |
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| A set of protocols developed to support the secure exchange of packets. |
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| A process in which keys are managed by a third party, such as a trusted CA called the root. |
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| A highly trusted person responsible for recovering lost or damaged digital certificates. |
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| A technique to recover a private key by distributing parts to different individuals. |
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| public key infrastructure (PKI) |
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| A framework for all of the entities involved in digital certificates for digital certificate management. |
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| Registration Authority (RA) |
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| A subordinate entity designed to handle specific CA tasks such as processing certificate requests and authenticating users. |
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| A UNIX-based command interface and protocol for securely accessing a remote computer. |
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| Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) |
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| A protocol developed by Netscape for securely transmitting documents over the Internet that uses a private key to encrypt data. |
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| A trust model in which two individuals trust each other because each individually trusts a third party. |
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| Transport Layer Security (TLS) |
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| A protocol that is an extension of SSL and guarantees privacy and data integrity between applications. |
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| The type of trusting relationship that can exist between individuals or entities. |
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| The most widely accepted format for digital certificates as defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). |
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