English Dictionary: Public Key Infrastructure | by the DICT Development Group |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Public Key Infrastructure encryption} using {digital certificates} from {Certificate Authorities} and other registration authorities that verify and authenticate the validity of each party involved in an electronic transaction. PKIs are currently evolving and there is no single PKI nor even a single agreed-upon standard for setting up a PKI. However, nearly everyone agrees that reliable PKIs are necessary before {electronic commerce} can become widespread. {US DOD PKI (http://www-pki.itsi.disa.mil/)}. {US NIST PKI (http://csrc.ncsl.nist.gov/pki/)}. {IETF PKIX Working Group (http://www.imc.org/ietf-pkix/)}. (1999-11-30) |