6. Using certificates
Certificates have many uses today. They appear both in the use of computer protocols and, above all, in practical applications for the general public. In this chapter, we describe these two types of use, which all stem from two basic uses of certificates:
authentication of transaction participants ;
signing documents.
6.1 Protocols and formats using certificates
6.1.1 SSL/TLS authentication for electronic transactions
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Bibliography
References
Standards and norms
- Information Technology – Open systems interconnection – The directory: general framework for public key and attribute certificates - ITU Rec. X.509 - 2016
- Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection – The Directory – Part 8: Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks - ISO/IEC 9594-8 - 2-2017
- Secure Hash Standard (SHS) - FIPS PUB 180 - 4(2015)
- Data Encryption Standard (DES) - FIPS...
Regulations
Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures (OJ L. 13, 19 January 2000, pp. 12-20).
Law no. 2000-230 of March 13, 2000 adapting the law of evidence to information technologies and relating to electronic signatures (JO no. 62 of March 14, 2000). Replaced by Ordinance n° 2016-131.
Decree...
Organizations
Internet Engineering Task Force
Virtual Private Network Consortium (VPNC)
French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry
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