Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 11 March 99

Foil 17 Certificates

From Overview of JavaScript II -- From Cookies to Dynamical HTML CPS616 Technologies of the Information Age -- Spring Semester 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox (Tom Scavo)


A certificate is an electronic document used to identify an individual or organization
An object-signing certificate is a special kind of certificate that allows you to associate your digital signature with one or more files
A digital signature is analogous to a handwritten signature (that is, it is difficult to refute and may be legally binding)
NPAC has a Software Developers Certificate from a company VeriSign which one uses to sign "official NPAC" Java or JavaScript
  • VeriSign is meant to check we are reputable before giving us a certificate!



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