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PKI - Managing Liability

Overview One of the frequently quoted concepts of PKI is that of being able to do business with people you don’t know, with certainty. Who is held liable for these transactions?

Everyone is supposed to buy their digital certificates (public key certificates) from a reputable Certification Authority (CA). They make sure they know who you are and what authorities you have, and they put them in the certificate that they issue to all comers. They charge you a fee for this privilege of being able to do business over the Internet. (You weren’t expecting them to do real work for nothing?)

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	ArticSoft Limited	File Format	HTML & PDF
Date Published	August 2003	Downloads	2
Format	White Papers
Topics	PKI, Digital Signatures

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