Untitled Flashcards Set

1. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI): A system that provides the necessary components for secure communication using public key cryptography.

2. Certificate Authority (CA): A trusted entity that issues and manages digital certificates.

3. Registration Authority (RA): An entity responsible for verifying certificate requests and forwarding them to a CA.

4. Digital Certificate: An electronic document that binds a public key to an individual or entity.

5. Certificate Revocation List (CRL): A list of revoked certificates maintained by a CA.

6. Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP): A protocol used to check the revocation status of a digital certificate.

7. Certificate Signing Request (CSR): A request sent to a CA to obtain a digital certificate.

8. Common Name (CN): The primary identifier in a certificate, usually a domain name or personal identifier.

9. Distinguished Name (DN): A unique identifier for an entity in a digital certificate.

10. Subject Alternative Name (SAN): A field in a certificate that allows multiple domain names to be covered.

11. Intermediate CA: A subordinate CA that provides a link between the root CA and end-entity certificates.

12. End-Entity Certificate: A certificate issued to an individual, organization, or device.

13. Root Certificate: A self-signed certificate that serves as the trust anchor in a PKI.

14. Wildcard Certificate: A certificate that secures a domain and all its subdomains.

15. Code-Signing Certificate: A certificate used to digitally sign software to verify its authenticity.

16. Self-Signed Certificate: A certificate signed by the same entity it certifies, often used internally.

17. Machine/Computer Certificate: A certificate issued to a computer for authentication.

18. E-mail Certificate: A certificate used for securing e-mail communications.

19. Domain Validation Certificate: A low-trust certificate verifying control over a domain.

20. Extended Validation (EV) Certificate: A high-trust certificate that provides stronger identity verification.

21. X.509: The standard format for digital certificates.

22. Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER): A binary format for encoding certificates.

23. Privacy-Enhanced Mail (PEM): A Base64-encoded certificate format commonly used by CAs.

24. Personal Information Exchange (PFX): A format used to store certificates and private keys together.

25. P12 (.pfx, .p12): A binary format for storing a certificate and private key in one file.

26. P7B (.p7b, .p7c): A format containing certificates but no private keys, used in Windows and Java environments.

27. Stapling: A method that allows a web server to provide OCSP responses directly to clients.

28. Pinning: The practice of associating a host with a specific certificate or public key.

29. Trust Model: The structure defining trust relationships between CAs and certificates.

30. Hierarchical Trust Model: A model with a root CA at the top, issuing certificates to intermediate and end-entity CAs.

31. Peer-to-Peer Trust Model: A model where CAs cross-certify each other without a single root CA.

32. Hybrid Trust Model: A combination of hierarchical and peer-to-peer trust models.

33. Key Escrow: A process where a third party holds a copy of private encryption keys.

34. Certificate Chaining: The linking of certificates from an end-entity to a root CA to establish trust.