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What is digital certificate?

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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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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A server uses a digital certificate to prove it's authenticity. The digital certificate establishes a legal relationship between a legitimate company and their web site. For example, if you go to Novell's web page and decrypt their digital certificate it legally proves that this web site is authorized by Novell (or whoever's name is actually in the digital certificate).
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A server uses a Digital Certificate to prove its authenticity. The Digital Certificate establishes a legal relationship between a legitimate company and their Web site.
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NUS SecureMail
When your digital certificate is about to expire (about 30 days before expiry), you will receive an email notification to renew your digital certificate. Please follow the instructions in the email to renew your digital certificate. It is important that you renew promptly before your digital certificate expires. After it has expired, you will not be able to renew your digital certificate. You will then have to apply for a new digital certificate.
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A server uses a digital certificate to prove it's authenticity. The digital certificate established a legal relationship between a legitimate company and their web site. For example, if I go to Novell's web page and decrypt their digital certificate it legally proves that this web site is authorized by Novell (or whoever's name is actually in the digital certificate).
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e) How does a Digital Certificate function ?

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Certificates use the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI technology, which is a sophisticated, mathematically proven method of encrypting and decrypting information). The certificate contains information about a user's identity (for example, their name, email address, the date the certificate was issued and the name of the Certifying Authority that issued it.) The certificate also contains the public key.
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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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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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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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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?

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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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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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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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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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Q10. How do I order a digital certificate?

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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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Can I send secure e-mail to someone who does not have a Digital Certificate?

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No, you cannot encrypt a message, however, unless you have the recipient's Digital ID. You can, however, digitally sign any e-mail as long as the recipient has an e-mail application which supports S/MIME.
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What is a Digital Certificate and how does it help to ensure security?

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Digital certificates are issued by certification authorities CA to authenticate a Web site or elements of Web sites. The certificate identifies the originator of the site, or element, and verifies that it has not been tampered with. When your Web browser is presented with a certificate, it will check to see if a legitimate certification authority issued the certificate. If there is a match, your session will continue.
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Digital certificates are issued by extensively audited and controlled certification authorities to authenticate a website or elements of websites. The certificate identifies the originator of the site and verifies that it has not been tampered with. When your web browser is presented with a certificate, it will check to see if a legitimate certification authority issued the certificate. If there is a match, your session will continue.
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Why does the digital certificate say Uniperson Technologies and not TwoMuslims.com?

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Our Instant Messaging and Chatroom software has been designed by Uniperson Technologies and thus the digital certificate is in their name and not ours.
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Which digital certificate storage devices does Corporate Cyberbanking support?

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Corporate Cyberbanking supports the following USB tokens, smart card, and smart card readers for digital certificate login and transactions signing: For more information on the listed USB tokens and smart card readers above, please visit the manufacturer's web page or visit Hongkong Post website at www.hongkongpost.com
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How does a digital certificate work and what is the encryption strength of GeoTrust certificates?

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After authenticating identity, the CA issues digital certificates, which also contain a matched pair of electronic keys, the public key and the private key.When the customer contacts a website, the public key is sent to the customer, and attaches itself and encrypts data that is transmitted back to the website (such as personal information). Upon receipt, the private key recognizes the public key, and then decrypts the information.
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How does digital compare with film?

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It is quite difficult to answer this question in an objective manner. The first challenge is bringing the film image to the PC so that the both digital and film images can be compared side by side. this introduces several variables: The choice of scanning hardware, and the parameters of the scanning software. The next challenge is that digital and film images fall apart in different ways at the limits.
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