Netscape Certificate Management System 6.1, Administrator'S Manual

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eavesdropping Surreptitious interception of information sent over a network by
an entity for which the information is not intended.
encryption The process of scrambling information in a way that disguises its
meaning. See decryption.
encryption key A private key used for encryption only. An encryption key and
its equivalent public key, plus a signing key and its equivalent public key,
constitute a dual key pair.
enrollment The process of requesting and receiving an X.509 certificate for use in
a public-key infrastructure (PKI). Also known as registration.
end entity In a public-key infrastructure (PKI), a person, router, server, or other
entity that uses a certificate to identify itself.
extensions field See certificate extensions.
Federal Bridge Certificate Authority (FBCA) A configuration where two CAs
form a circle of trust by issuing cross-pair certificates to each other, and storing the
two cross-pair certificates as a certificate pair.
fingerprint See certificate fingerprint.
FIPS PUBS 140-1 Federal Information Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) 140-1
is a US government standard for implementations of cryptographic modules--that
is, hardware or software that encrypts and decrypts data or performs other
cryptographic operations (such as creating or verifying digital signatures). Many
products sold to the US government must comply with one or more of the FIPS
standards. See
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/pubs/fip140-1.htm
.
firewall A system or combination of systems that enforces a boundary between
two or more networks.
impersonation The act of posing as the intended recipient of information sent
over a network. Impersonation can take two forms: spoofing and
misrepresentation.
input In the context of the certificate profile feature, it defines the enrollment
form for a particular certificate profile. You set up each input, which then
dynamically creates the enrollment form from all inputs configured for this
enrollment.