Subject: X.509 Certificate & PKIX
Author: X509
Posted on: 05/01/2007 07:54:20 PM
What is a Certificate?
A certificate is a digitally signed statement from on entity (the issuer), saying that the public key (and some other information) of another entity (the subject) has some specific value.
What is X.509?
In cryptography, X.509 is a standard specifying formats for public-key certificates and a certification path validation algorithm.
What is PKIX?
PKIX for Public Key Infrastructure (X.509).
What is X.509 Certificate?
X.509 certificate usually refers to the IETF's PKIX Certificate and CRL Profile of the X.509 v3 certificate standard, commonly referred to as PKIX.
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