Configuring the Contivity VPN Client

16 Preface
Acronyms and terms
How to get help
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This guide uses the following acronyms and terms (Table 1).
Table 1 Acronyms and terms
Certification path Ordered sequence of certificates, leading from a
certificate whose public key is known by a client to a
certificate whose public key is to be validated by the
client.
Certificate revocation list (CRL) List of revoked but unexpired certificates issued by a
CA.
Digital certificate Digitally signed data structure defined in the X.509
standard that binds the identity of a certificate holder
(or subject) to a public key.
Public Key Cryptography
Standards (PKCS)
Collection of de facto standards produced by RSA
covering the use and manipulation of public-private
keys and certificates.
PKCS #7 Cryptographic Message Standard. (Reply with digital
certificate)
PKCS #10 Certification Request Syntax Standard.
PKCS #12 Personal Information Exchange Syntax.
X.509 Standard certificate format.
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