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Glossary

ENCertification Authority (CA) 
1. An authority trusted by one or more users to create and assign certificates. Optionally the certification authority may create the users’ keys.

(Source: ISO/IEC 13888-1:2004)

2. A trusted third party 'clearing house' that issues digital signatures and digital certificates.

(Source: ISO/IEC 27002:2005)

3. An entity that issues digital certificates (especially X.509 certificates) and vouches for the binding between the data items in a certificate.

(Source: RFC 282)


TC/SC:57Terms     Info     Publications
Published in:IEC 62351-2, ed. 1.0 (2008-08) Terms     Info
Reference number:2.2.40
Source:ISO/IEC 13888-1:2004, ISO/IEC 27002:2005, RFC 2828

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