certificate authority
A certificate, digital certificate technology, applied in the direction of digital transmission system, electrical components, transmission system, etc.
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[0036] The inventors of the present invention have realized that many of the problems associated with prior art certificate signing and handling protocols can be solved by using an identity management system to provision and process certificates thereby providing an IDM based PKI. As discussed in detail below, this solution combines a high level of security with a high level of flexibility. For example, the system of the present invention is flexible enough to revoke a certificate, eg, if the user is no longer reputable or trustworthy. Also, the certificate can be supplemented with user-related attributes (such as the user's date of birth) that can be verified by the IDM.
[0037] "Identity Management" describes various techniques used to enable portability of identity information across otherwise autonomous security domains. The goal of identity management (sometimes called identity federation) is to enable users in one domain to seamlessly and securely access data or system...
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