Digital Certification

Primary concepts: Digital signature, Digital certificate, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Certification Authority (CA), Registration Authority (RA).

• The Open-source PKI Book
  This project tries to collect the necessary information to create a document that describes Public-Key Infrastructures, current PKI standards, explains practical PKI functionality and gives an overview of available open-source PKI implementations. Its goal is to foster the creation of a high quality open-source PKI.
• OpenCA Labs
  The OpenCA Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, full-featured and Open Source Certification Authority implementing the most used protocols with full-strength cryptography world-wide.
  OpenCA SourceForge Project, OpenCA at Freshmeat.net.
  Dartmouth OpenCA-LiveCD.
• OpenValidation.org
  Openvalidation.org provides extensive information about PKI (Public Key Infrastructure), OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) and CRL (Certificate Revocation Lists) and gives a short market overview about OCSP enabled products. By SyTrust e.security.
  OV original layout/content.
• IETF pkix - PKIX Working Group
  pkix - IETF Public Key Infrastructure (X.509) Working Group. pkix Mailing List.
• NIST PKI Program
  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA.
• CA/Browser Forum
  The Certification Authority/Browser Forum. Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates add Verified Identity to SSL.
• EJBCA, Java Certificate Authority
  Enterprise Java Beans Certificate Authority (EJBCA) is a fully functional Certificate Authority (CA), written entirely in Java and based on J2EE technology.
• VeriSign
• Certisign Brazil
• Thawte
  Thawte SSL Certificate: Browser Compatibility
• Trustwave SSL
• Entrust.net
• Módulo e-security Brazil
• Cybertrust Identity & Access Management
  By Cybertrust, now Verizon Business. GlobalSign: Cybertrust company for Certification Services (SSL).
• Digital certificate - a Whatis.com definition
• What is digital certificate?
  Word definition from the Webopedia Computer Dictionary, internet.com.
• Smart Card Alliance
  The Smart Card Alliance is a not-for-profit, multi-industry association working to stimulate the understanding, adoption, use and widespread application of smart card technology. The Alliance invests heavily in education on the appropriate uses of technology for identification, payment and other applications, and strongly advocates the use of smart card technology in a way that protects privacy and enhances data security and integrity.