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The infrastruture required to verify that some user is who they say they are, either by [PGP]'s WebOfTrust or a centralized certification infrastructure provided by a CertificationAuthority (or several). Also known as a [PKI].
There are many parts to the infrastruture:
* interoperability standards ([X509], [OpenPGP], [LDAP], etc.) so that different products can work together
-* software (for [
KeyServer]
s, [
TimeStampServer]
s, [RobotCA]'
s, crypto-aware [
MailClient]
s such as EnigMail and
[PINE
] etc.)
-* servers ([KeyServer]s
, [TimeStampServer
]s
, [RobotCA]'s,
etc.)
-* actual content (the [
PublicKey]
s and the WebOfTrust's signatures)
+* software (for KeyServer~
s, TimeStampServer~
s, [RobotCA]s, crypto-aware MailClient~
s such as [Mutt
], [PINE
], EnigMail
etc.)
+* the servers running the software
+* actual content created and exchanged by users and servers
(the PublicKey~
s and the WebOfTrust's signatures)
* social structure to support the software and content ([KeySigningParties|KeySigningParty], etc.), which is very often symbiotic with other social structures, often including [LUG]s.
The security of the PublicKeyInfrastructure is not uniform and for many of the players issues such as ease of use, price and reliability are much more important.
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CategoryCryptography
