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PKI Interoperability Framework White Paper

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• transaction processing,
• vendor,
• interoperability,
• forum

Overview The purpose of this PKI Forum White Paper is to define interoperability from the perspective of the PKI Forum, and to develop a framework that can be used to discuss the many facets of interoperability in an appropriate context using consistent terminology.

Interoperability — or more specifically, multi-vendor interoperability — is viewed by customers and industry analysts alike as a critically important issue for Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI). Interoperability helps to support transactions between parties that do not use technology supplied by the same vendors, offers greater flexibility and freedom of choice between vendors, and lowers the risk of deploying a PKI-based solution. To some, lack of interoperability is perceived as the leading barrier to wide-scale deployment of PKIs. Indeed, one of the fundamental reasons for the formation of the PKI Forum in December 1999 was to identify and resolve existing barriers to multi-vendor interoperability.

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