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-
-perhaps
a Certification Path to
a CertificationAuthority. Also know
as a [PKI].
+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 ([KeyServer]s, [TimeStampServer]s, [RobotCA]'s, crypto-aware [MailClient]s such as EnigMail and [PINE] etc.)
-#
actual content (the public keys
and the web of
signatures)
-#
social structure to support the software and content (key signing parties
, etc.)
+*
interoperability standards ([X509], [OpenPGP], [LDAP], etc.) so that different products can work together
+*
software ([KeyServer]s, [TimeStampServer]s, [RobotCA]'s, crypto-aware [MailClient]s such as EnigMail and [PINE] etc.)
+*
actual content (the [PublicKey]s
and the WebOfTrust's
signatures)
+*
social structure to support the software and content ([KeySigningParties|KeySigningParty]
, etc.)
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