What is eToken Enterprise? - tlk

Digital Certificates Overview
A digital certificate testifies to the holder’s unique identity, and can
be regarded as an electronic form of a passport or identity card.
Certificate holders use their certificates to establish their identity and
to gain entry to secure areas in the digital world, such as websites and
networks, and to secure the transfer and receipt of digital messages
by email.
Digital certificates are issued and validated by Certification
Authorities (CAs), in the same way that a passport office issues and
validates a passport. A CA is a body or entity that enables two
individuals to trust each other’s authenticity, because the identity of
each individual is certified by a common trusted third party.
The concept of third-party trust through a CA is illustrated below:
Certification
Authority (CA)
trust trust
third-party trust
For examples of eToken Enterprise solutions based on PKI, see
“eToken Enterprise Security Solutions”, on page 12.
For more detailed information about CA types, structure and
interdependencies, see “CA Types and Hierarchies”, on page 18.
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