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Chapter 11, Problem 37Q

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Certificate authority (CA):

  • Certificate authority (CA) is an entity that provides and controls the certificate that can be a software on the network or the authorized third-party organization or business.
  • VeriSign is one of the third-party business that provides certificate to the company using the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) service provider.
  • It doesn’t consider the software and hardware to develop and maintain its own certificates.
  • For example, customer wants to purchase the product in the online.
    • Website tries to find the user sign with his/her private key when placing the order...

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