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The infrastruture required to verify that some user is who they say they are, either by PGP's WebOfTrust or perhaps a Certification Path to a CertificationAuthority. Also know as a PKI.
There are many parts to the infrastruture:
- interoperability standards (X509, OpenPGP, LDAP, etc.) so that different products can work together
- software (KeyServers, TimeStampServers, RobotCA's, crypto-aware MailClients 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.)
CategoryCryptography