The invention relates to a method for the encrypted transmission (10) of data between terminals (14, 16), in which, prior to the transmission of the data, a
verification certificate (Z *) is created and transmitted to a rear end (12) and is signed in the rear end (12) by a
root certificate (Z), the signed
verification certificate (Z * *) is sent back to the second terminal (16), and the signed
verification certificate (Z * *) is transmitted to the rear end (12). A public second digital key of the signed verification certificate (Z * *) is transmitted to the first terminal (14) and verification is carried out using the public second digital key (S2), during the verification, an encrypted unique symmetric
session key (S *) is generated, which is transmitted to the second terminal (16) and is decrypted by means of the private key of the signed verification certificate (Z * *), and in the event of a verification failure, an encrypted unique symmetric
session key (S *) is generated, which is transmitted to the second terminal (16) and is decrypted by means of the private key of the signed verification certificate (Z * *). The first terminal (14) is notified, or the data is decrypted using the
session key (S *) if the verification is successful.