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7. Conclusion
The electronic certification of public keys and associated data for individuals and systems has become an increasingly essential technique in IT, particularly with the expansion of the Internet and the dematerialization of documents. Any IT server wishing to communicate securely with users now uses the SSL/TLS protocol, which requires an electronic certificate.
It is therefore important for companies and organizations to rely on key management infrastructures (KMIs), which are managed either directly or by electronic certification service providers (ECSPs). For SMEs, managing their own PKI is out of their reach because of the cost involved, so it's best to use an ECSP.
PSCEs and publishers of PKI software packages have been around for a long time. Standardization around the IETF PKIX standard should facilitate interoperability between the...
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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.
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Virtual Private Network Consortium (VPNC)
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