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2. Electronic signature - Wikipedia

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   An electronic signature, or e-signature, is data that is logically associated with other data and which is used by the signatory to sign the associated data. [1] [2] [3] This type of signature has the same legal standing as a handwritten signature as long as it adheres to the requirements of the specific regulation under which it was created (e.g., eIDAS in the European Union, NIST-DSS in the ...

3. Digital signature - Wikipedia

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   A digital signature is a mathematical scheme for verifying the authenticity of digital messages or documents. A valid digital signature on a message gives a recipient confidence that the message came from a sender known to the recipient. [1] [2]

4. Public key certificate - Wikipedia

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   In cryptography, a public key certificate, also known as a digital certificate or identity certificate, is an electronic document used to prove the validity of a public key. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The certificate includes the public key and information about it, information about the identity of its owner (called the subject), and the digital signature of ...

5. Qualified electronic signature - Wikipedia

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   The qualified electronic signature is one such standard that has been outlined under eIDAS. [3] [4] A qualified electronic signature is an advanced electronic signature with a qualified digital certificate that has been created by a qualified signature creation device (QSCD). For an electronic signature to be considered as a qualified ...

6. PKCS 7 - Wikipedia

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   Contains the newly-signed certificate, and the CA's own cert..p7s - Digital Signature. May contain the original signed file or message. Used in S/MIME for email signing. Defined in RFC 2311..p7m - Message (SignedData, EnvelopedData) e.g. encrypted ("enveloped") file, message or MIME email letter. Defined in RFC 2311.

7. Electronic authentication - Wikipedia

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   Electronic authentication is the process of establishing confidence in user identities electronically presented to an information system. [1] Digital authentication, or e-authentication, may be used synonymously when referring to the authentication process that confirms or certifies a person's identity and works.

8. Chain of trust - Wikipedia

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   In computer security, digital certificates are verified using a chain of trust. [1] The trust anchor for the digital certificate is the root certificate authority (CA).. The certificate hierarchy is a structure of certificates that allows individuals to verify the validity of a certificate's issuer.

9. Self-signed certificate - Wikipedia

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   RFC 5280 defines self-signed certificates as "self-issued certificates where the digital signature may be verified by the public key bound into the certificate" [7] whereas a self-issued certificate is a certificate "in which the issuer and subject are the same entity". While in the strict sense the RFC makes this definition only for CA ...