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Foil 56 VeriSign's Description of Digital ID's

From Remarks on Java and Internet Security Web Certificate CPS616 Enhancement -- Summer 1997 . by Geoffrey C. Fox
A Digital ID typically contains the:
  • Owner's public key
  • Owner's name
  • Expiration date of the public key
  • Name of the issuer (the CA that issued the Digital ID)
  • Serial number of the Digital ID
  • Digital signature of the issuer
The most widely accepted format for Digital IDs is defined by the CCITT X.509 international standard; thus certificates can be read or written by any application complying with X.509.
  • Further refinements are found in the PKCS standards and the PEM standard.

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