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What is a digital certificate and a digital ID?

JARING E-MALL
A digital certificate is an electronic "credit card" or "passport" that establishes your credentials when doing business or other transactions on the Web. A digital ID is the name Verisign, a certificate issuing authority gives to personal certificates. A certificate is issued by a certificate authority (CA).
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General PKI Frequently Asked Questions
Digital Certificate is an electronic document that binds a public key to an entity such as an organization, machine, or a person. The binding of the identity and the public key is done by the issuing CA. The issuing CA will assume the responsibility of verifying the identity of the requesting party. The requesting party is the entity requesting the binding of its public key to its identity.
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A digital certificate is an electronic "credit card" or "passport" that establishes your credentials when doing business or other transactions on the Web. A digital ID is the name Verisign, a certificate issuing authority gives to personal certificates. A certificate is issued by a certificate authority (CA).
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Do I need a certificate or digital ID to buy and/or sell on the Internet?

JARING E-MALL
If you are a merchant, you should get a certificate for your secure server so that the customer can ascertain that you are who you say you are. Assuring the customer of the security of their transaction and the authenticity of the merchant is essential to maximise sales over the Internet. The need is less urgent at present for buyers. Consider current off line credit card processing.
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What is the difference between using Digital Certificate and User ID in Corporate Cyberbanking?

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By using Digital Certificate, Corporate Cyberbanking provides a more secure environment for the user to access their accounts compare with using a traditional User ID. This is because as the advancement in technology and computing power, password or PIN can easily be tapped and decrypted via brute force attack. Therefore, the maximum daily limit of using Digital Certificate in Corporate Cyberbanking is much higher than using User ID.
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Digital Certificates is one of the foundations of a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). A Digital Certificate is in many ways the electronic equivalent of a passport or driver's license, and maybe used to identify and authenticate someone making online transactions. A Digital Certificate is issued to a certificate holder by a Certification Authority on the request of a Registration Authority.
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BankNewport - Access Agreement
Digital certificates are security tokens that provide an additional means of proving your identity in electronic transactions, much like a driver's license does in face-to-face interactions. Digital certificates protect the integrity of the data and provide a behind-the-scenes transparent Sign-On method that won't inconvenience you. Back to Top
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Mocana Corporation :: Security for A Networked Society - FAQ...
A digital certificate is a unique identifier for an individual - very similar in principle to a US Social Security number, a driver’s license or passport. It is a document issued by a trusted authority that certifies the identity of the carrier. For a driver’s license, the authority is the state and the carrier is the driver. The state uses features like stamps or holograms on the document that prevents counterfeiting of the document.
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Worldpay FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
A digital certificate is an electronic document that is passed between a browser and a server, in order to verify the identity of the senders identity.
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How do I find someone else's digital certificate?

Digital Identity
To enable the widespread use of digital certificates Digital Identity publishes its subscribers certificates to its on-line directory. This allows you to find and load a person’s digital certificate into your address book and communicate securely over the Internet.
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A digital certificate is an electronic file issued and digitally signed by a Certification Authority, vouching for the identity of the certificate holder.
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Digital certificates bind a cryptographic key with one or more attributes of a user. Issued by certification authorities, the certificates protect the Internet by assuring the authenticity of network messages. In other words, a digital certificate tells you that an independent third party has verified that the server belongs to the company it claims to belong to. A valid certificate means that you can have confidence that you are sending sensitive personal information to the right place.
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Secure Business Services - SSL,Secure Socket Layer,128-bit,v...
A digital certificate verifies you are who you claim to be. Having a certificate means that an organization, called a Certificate Authority (such as SBS), has verified the identity of the parties involved.
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GoeShop
The digital certificate of a website is its passport or credentials. It is an electronic file that uniquely identifies a site on the Internet.
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Secure Server - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Blue Reef...
The Internet uses a digital certificate to prove a web site owner's authenticity. The digital certificate establishes a legal relationship between a legitimate company and its web site. For example, if you go to Novell's web page and check the signature on their digital certificate it cryptographically indicates that the site is authorized by Novell (or by the company whose signature is actually on the digital certificate).
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Q10. How do I order a digital certificate?

Secure Server - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Blue Reef...
A detailed explanation about ordering a digital certificate can be found on our web site or in the Blue Reef Virtual Server Handbook.
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How much protection do I have with my Digital ID?

VeriSign - NetSure Protection Plan FAQ
A Full Service Individual Class 1 Digital ID subscriber has protection up to $1,000. A Full Service Individual Class 2 Digital ID subscriber has protection up to $25,000. The above amounts are a maximum obligation per year for each certificate.
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Can I Have My Own Digital ID On Your Servers ?

DEDICATED HOSTING PTY LTD - Web Hosting Solutions - FAQs
Yes. You can obtain your own digital ID and have us install it on our servers. You can visit our Hosting Packages page to find out about pricing.
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My Digital ID Name cannot be found by the underlying security system. What can I do?

NetSign CAC® FAQ
If you are seeing an error that the underlying security system can't find your digital ID name, chances are your email profile has not been established, your certificates have not been registered with NetSign and Outlook or you may have a problem if you had other CAC Middleware previously installed on your system. This message occurs because your email application can't find the associated private key for that particular message.
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Q2. What is a digital certificate? What is a digital signature?

Computer Centre - HKU
The public key cryptography infrastructure (PKI) technology helps to establish the authenticity and non-repudiation of electronically signed documents. A pair of keys, private key and public key, are issued by a CA to a digital certificate subscriber. A digital certificate identifies a user's public key and is published by the issuing CA. The subscriber owns the associated private key and uses it to sign a document electronically.
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Do I need a resell certificate of tax ID number to sell products from a drop shipper?

Drop Shipping FAQs
In order to buy from a wholesale drop shipper, you sometimes need a tax ID number, or resell certificate. The wholesale drop shipper needs to show proof to the government that they can sell to you without charging you a sales tax. However, not all wholesale drop shipping companies will ask you for this information as the tax reporting structure will vary from state to state along with a company's incorporation or proprietorship.
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How do I obtain a WIPO digital certificate?

Frequently Asked Questions (updated April 2007)
You can apply for a WIPO Customer Certification Authority (CA) certificate in an simple online transaction through the Certificates page of our website. That page also contains guides that explain how to enroll, import and use a certificate. Please note that a certificate can only be issued for an individual and NOT in the name of a company.
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Can others use my digital certificate?

Frequently Asked Questions (updated April 2007)
No. The digital certificate is assigned to one individual and must be used by that person only. Please refer to the Subscriber Agreement (when enrolling for a certificate) on the Certificates page of our website.
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What is a digital key? What is a certificate?

Web Hosting FAQ
SSL uses a public key - private key system for its encrypting. The public key is used to encrypt the information. However, only the private key can be used to decrypt this information. This allows the public key to be known to all so that encrypted information may be sent to the server. The server can then use the private key, which is kept secret, to decrypt the information. In this scenario, the certificate is the public key.
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Why should I login with digital certificate?

Dah Sing Bank
Both e-banking User ID or digital certificate can be used to access our e-banking service without prior registration. Moreover, a digital certificate brings you extra security and protects you from unauthorized access to your account(s). In physical world, when customers make transactions with their accounts, they have to present a passbook together with their authorized signature.
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